they raised property crime slightly The article shows that they increased the murder rate substantially. Moreover, most people would prefer to have 10 murderer

they raised property crime slightly The article shows that they increased the murder rate substantially. Moreover, most people would prefer to have 10 murderers focusing their attentions on each other than having them next door. A spatially localized Cabrini Green which you can avoid is far superior to one that you cannot, especially when it is your tax dollars that are being used against your will to create this dangerous situation. By contrast, AirBnB is not forcing you to pay the rent for the hipsters boarded in your neighbor's domicile. nobody thinks that Section 8 doesn't increase crime in nicer neighborhoods OK. So we agree that official United States government policy increased crime in nicer neighborhoods and that nobody thinks differently. And we probably agree that murders are considerably more serious than any of the hypothetical harms caused by apartment rentals, especially given the statistical evidence for a direct causal effect of government policy presented in the article. So: given that it is still official US government policy to increase the murder rate in middle class neighborhoods (Section 8's budget was raised to $19B in 2011), exactly why should anyone believe other government housing regulations would promote the common welfare?