The "ghetto" lists have been a thing for a number of years now in Denmark. There used to be a couple of areas in the city where I live, in cheaper community ho

The "ghetto" lists have been a thing for a number of years now in Denmark. There used to be a couple of areas in the city where I live, in cheaper community housing like this https://www.alabubolig.dk/S%c3%b8g-bolig/Afdelinger.aspx?moduleAction=displayDepartment&departmentNo=25&companyNo=99 https://www.alabubolig.dk/S%c3%b8g-bolig/Afdelinger.aspx?mod... This was perceived as a huge problem for the housing associations renting out the apartments, so they've been doing a bunch of different things, including hiring social workers, courses to try to get people in a job, networks, giving the buildings a serious makeover destroying some and building new in an effort to get a better mix of low-rent and high-rent inhabitants. But also getting permission to decline new renters on welfare payments. In the end, all housing associations where I live managed to get off the ghetto lists, so aren't affected by this new law. I think the new law is probably more about signaling a hardliner attitude than actually solving problems. On the other hand, no doubt people gathering in small closely-knit enclaves ends up being a problem for many of those living there. In a nutshell, if you need a job, networking with people who don't have one doesn't help.