Despite the unequivocal goal of income diversity as expressed in the Charter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, one of the more significant challenges facing the movement has been the creation of socially diverse neighborhoods, especially ones that include a mix of incomes. Although recent reports show that most New Urbanist developments are being built for upper-middle-class residents, some projects have managed to support income diversity. This article takes a closer look at those projects, reporting on the results of a nationwide survey of New Urbanist developers.We found that many developers have used complex, creative schemes to make affordable housing possible within the New Urbanist context. Developers created affordable opportunities by combining available government programs, partnerships with nonprofits, and innovative design solutions. These efforts have provided important sources of affordable housing within the context of walkable communities-serving as examples that should be emulated by future developers. IntroductionWithin neighborhoods, a broad range of housing types and price levels can bring people of diverse ages, races and incomes into daily interaction, strengthening the personal and civic bonds essential to an authentic community.

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and Planning program. Her primary research interests are mixed-income housing, housing policy, housing design, and discourse analysis.WILLEM VAN VLIET is a professor of environmental design in the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado, where he is also director of the Children, Youth and Environments Center. His interests include cross-national study of housing policies and practices and the relationships between research and practice.