There are really two options here. You can mix low-income housing into larger complexes, creating mixed income communities. This does a lot to help create role

There are really two options here. You can mix low-income housing into larger complexes, creating mixed income communities. This does a lot to help create role models and show what life options are available and possible. It helps, in some ways, to break the cycle of poverty. This comes with the cost of utterly destroying the concentrated, focused support networks often found in less well off areas - they do not survive the dispersion. The alternative is to prioritize existing communities. To focus on preserving the social ties and mutual support networks they know and trust. The downside is that while this improves the immediate circumstances, it preserves the concentration of poverty. There's no ideal solution here. It's just a question of where your policy priorities lie.