[twelve40]

> immigrants from poor countries end up living in the same areas

how can this ever be changed? it's a free country so these people have freedom of movement and of course they will choose to live next to their friends and relatives. Unless you propose to forcibly disperse them away from each other?

[klooney]

This is Singapore's strategy, although it's a little softer, since the government runs so much of the housing stock.

[drunkenmagician]

Except Singapore does not really allow "immigration" from non vetted people via the employment pass system. Additionally the permanent residence process is heavily controlled with a huge bias (documented via govt stats just in case people are curious) to south east asian immigrants. So the situation is quite different

[armitron]

Singapore has strict immigration policies based on what some see as borderline eugenic criteria. The immigrants that fuel criminal gangs in Sweden would never be allowed to live there.

[firecall]

That’s not always the case, in Australia at least.

You cannot always choose exactly where to live. Initial location can be mandated.

Which tends to be satellite towns that need population or have been selected as strategical requiring population growth.

Immigration and Housing Policy are conversational hot potatoes.

[defrost]

AU social services tends to prefer community building where possible, eg:

https://www.sbs.com.au/voices/creative/the-karen-road-to-nhi...

    Increased resettlement of migrants and refugees in regional Australia has been an on-going focus of the policies of successive governments.

    One recent regional resettlement experience, initiated at the local level, has yielded significant outcomes for a small regional community and the refugees involved. 

https://www.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/au/Documents/E...

From: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/settling-in-australia/settle...