Seattle Counseling Quadruples Moves

In a randomized trial (Creating Moves to Opportunity) with Seattle/King County Housing Authorities, providing voucher families with a counselor to help navigate the housing market raised the share moving to high-upward-mobility neighborhoods from 15% (control) to 60% (treatment), at a cost of about $2,500 per family—suggesting segregation stems from removable barriers (information, navigation) rather than deep-rooted preferences.