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What if there is no housing crisis, but instead a housing market working exactly as intended? What if rent hikes and eviction notices aren’t the work of the invisible hand of the market, but of a parasitic elite systematically funneling wealth away from working-class families? With clarity and precision, Tranjan breaks down pervasive myths about renters, mom-and-pop(...)
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What if there is no housing crisis, but instead a housing market working exactly as intended? What if rent hikes and eviction notices aren’t the work of the invisible hand of the market, but of a parasitic elite systematically funneling wealth away from working-class families? With clarity and precision, Tranjan breaks down pervasive myths about renters, mom-and-pop(...)
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The tenant class
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What if there is no housing crisis, but instead a housing market working exactly as intended? What if rent hikes and eviction notices aren’t the work of the invisible hand of the market, but of a parasitic elite systematically funneling wealth away from working-class families? With clarity and precision, Tranjan breaks down pervasive myths about renters, mom-and-pop landlords, and housing affordability. In a society where home ownership is seen as the most important hallmark of a successful life, Tranjan refuses to absolve the landlords and governments that reap massive profits from the status quo. The tenant class must face powerful systems of disinformation and exploitation to secure decent homes and fair rent. Drawing upon a long, inspiring history of collective action in Canada, Tranjan argues that organized tenants have the power to fight back.
The tenant class
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What if there is no housing crisis, but instead a housing market working exactly as intended? What if rent hikes and eviction notices aren’t the work of the invisible hand of the market, but of a parasitic elite systematically funneling wealth away from working-class families? With clarity and precision, Tranjan breaks down pervasive myths about renters, mom-and-pop landlords, and housing affordability. In a society where home ownership is seen as the most important hallmark of a successful life, Tranjan refuses to absolve the landlords and governments that reap massive profits from the status quo. The tenant class must face powerful systems of disinformation and exploitation to secure decent homes and fair rent. Drawing upon a long, inspiring history of collective action in Canada, Tranjan argues that organized tenants have the power to fight back.
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Vancouver is heralded around the world as a model for sustainable development. In "Planning on the edge," nationally and internationally renowned planning scholars, activists, and Indigenous leaders assess whether that reputation is warranted. While recognizing the many successes of the "Vancouverism" model, the contributors acknowledge that the forces of globalization(...)
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Vancouver is heralded around the world as a model for sustainable development. In "Planning on the edge," nationally and internationally renowned planning scholars, activists, and Indigenous leaders assess whether that reputation is warranted. While recognizing the many successes of the "Vancouverism" model, the contributors acknowledge that the forces of globalization(...)
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Planning on the edge: Vancouver and the challenges of reconciliation, social justice, and sustainability
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Vancouver is heralded around the world as a model for sustainable development. In "Planning on the edge," nationally and internationally renowned planning scholars, activists, and Indigenous leaders assess whether that reputation is warranted. While recognizing the many successes of the "Vancouverism" model, the contributors acknowledge that the forces of globalization and speculative property development have increased social inequality and housing insecurity since the 1980s in the city and the region. To determine the city’s prospects for overcoming these problems, they look at city planning from all angles, including planning for the Indigenous population, environmental and disaster planning, housing and migration, and transportation and water management. By looking at policies at the local, provincial, and federal levels and taking reconciliation with Indigenous peoples into account, "Planning on the edge" highlights the kinds of policies and practices needed to reorient Vancouver’s development trajectory along a more environmentally sound and equitable path.
Planning on the edge: Vancouver and the challenges of reconciliation, social justice, and sustainability
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Vancouver is heralded around the world as a model for sustainable development. In "Planning on the edge," nationally and internationally renowned planning scholars, activists, and Indigenous leaders assess whether that reputation is warranted. While recognizing the many successes of the "Vancouverism" model, the contributors acknowledge that the forces of globalization and speculative property development have increased social inequality and housing insecurity since the 1980s in the city and the region. To determine the city’s prospects for overcoming these problems, they look at city planning from all angles, including planning for the Indigenous population, environmental and disaster planning, housing and migration, and transportation and water management. By looking at policies at the local, provincial, and federal levels and taking reconciliation with Indigenous peoples into account, "Planning on the edge" highlights the kinds of policies and practices needed to reorient Vancouver’s development trajectory along a more environmentally sound and equitable path.
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August 2020
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Humans and cities
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La crise du logement frappe durement la population du Québec. Et dès qu’il est question de cet enjeu, le nom du FRAPRU vient immédiatement en tête. Depuis sa création en 1978, le Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain est un acteur incontournable des luttes citoyennes en matière d’habitation. Entre la construction d’un bidonville devant l’Assemblée nationale, un(...)
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La crise du logement frappe durement la population du Québec. Et dès qu’il est question de cet enjeu, le nom du FRAPRU vient immédiatement en tête. Depuis sa création en 1978, le Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain est un acteur incontournable des luttes citoyennes en matière d’habitation. Entre la construction d’un bidonville devant l’Assemblée nationale, un(...)
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Dans la rue : Une histoire du FRAPRU et des luttes pour le logement au Québec
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La crise du logement frappe durement la population du Québec. Et dès qu’il est question de cet enjeu, le nom du FRAPRU vient immédiatement en tête. Depuis sa création en 1978, le Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain est un acteur incontournable des luttes citoyennes en matière d’habitation. Entre la construction d’un bidonville devant l’Assemblée nationale, un campement sur la rivière des Outaouais en hiver, les manifestations, les occupations et les spectacles, les actions du FRAPRU ne laissent jamais indifférents. Le FRAPRU est issu des premiers comités citoyens nés dans les années 1960?–?1970 en réaction aux projets de rénovation urbaine qui éventraient les centres-villes et en chassaient les classes populaires au nom du progrès. Aujourd’hui, il est actif sur le front du logement et de la défense des droits sociaux, comme la lutte contre la pauvreté ou le financement des services publics. François Saillant, qui en a été le porte-parole pendant près de 38 ans, raconte ici l’histoire de ce regroupement qui est parvenu, malgré des moyens modestes, à influencer certaines politiques publiques afin d’éviter des reculs majeurs en matière de droit au logement et de justice sociale. Cette plongée historique permet de mesurer l’impact des décisions politiques passées sur la crise actuelle du logement. Récit d’une aventure collective, Dans la rue est l’histoire de « tant et tant de personnes qui, au fil des ans, se sont impliquées dans leurs groupes locaux […] pour poursuivre sans relâche la lutte pour le droit au logement et la justice sociale ». À la fois témoignage de l’intérieur et exercice de mémoire militante, ce livre leur est dédié.
Dans la rue : Une histoire du FRAPRU et des luttes pour le logement au Québec
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La crise du logement frappe durement la population du Québec. Et dès qu’il est question de cet enjeu, le nom du FRAPRU vient immédiatement en tête. Depuis sa création en 1978, le Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain est un acteur incontournable des luttes citoyennes en matière d’habitation. Entre la construction d’un bidonville devant l’Assemblée nationale, un campement sur la rivière des Outaouais en hiver, les manifestations, les occupations et les spectacles, les actions du FRAPRU ne laissent jamais indifférents. Le FRAPRU est issu des premiers comités citoyens nés dans les années 1960?–?1970 en réaction aux projets de rénovation urbaine qui éventraient les centres-villes et en chassaient les classes populaires au nom du progrès. Aujourd’hui, il est actif sur le front du logement et de la défense des droits sociaux, comme la lutte contre la pauvreté ou le financement des services publics. François Saillant, qui en a été le porte-parole pendant près de 38 ans, raconte ici l’histoire de ce regroupement qui est parvenu, malgré des moyens modestes, à influencer certaines politiques publiques afin d’éviter des reculs majeurs en matière de droit au logement et de justice sociale. Cette plongée historique permet de mesurer l’impact des décisions politiques passées sur la crise actuelle du logement. Récit d’une aventure collective, Dans la rue est l’histoire de « tant et tant de personnes qui, au fil des ans, se sont impliquées dans leurs groupes locaux […] pour poursuivre sans relâche la lutte pour le droit au logement et la justice sociale ». À la fois témoignage de l’intérieur et exercice de mémoire militante, ce livre leur est dédié.
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Homelessness is a punishing condition that inflicts unquestionable harm on those who experience it. It is also a social problem that starkly lays bare deep societal failure. As Cameron Parsell shows, society – along with the public policy measures intended to address it – treats being homeless as an identity, casting those who experience homelessness as fundamentally(...)
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Homelessness is a punishing condition that inflicts unquestionable harm on those who experience it. It is also a social problem that starkly lays bare deep societal failure. As Cameron Parsell shows, society – along with the public policy measures intended to address it – treats being homeless as an identity, casting those who experience homelessness as fundamentally(...)
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Homelessness: A critical introduction
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Homelessness is a punishing condition that inflicts unquestionable harm on those who experience it. It is also a social problem that starkly lays bare deep societal failure. As Cameron Parsell shows, society – along with the public policy measures intended to address it – treats being homeless as an identity, casting those who experience homelessness as fundamentally different from "us." To be homeless is to face daily victimization, to be a recipient of someone else’s care, and to have autonomy taken away. Parsell argues that we have at our disposal the knowledge and momentum to demonstrably reduce and even end homelessness. Our first task is to confront the fact that homelessness is a relatively predictable phenomenon that disproportionately impacts people who are failed by society in myriad ways. We must respond to the problem in ways that understand and thus do not recreate the dehumanizing conditions experienced by those who are homeless. Homelessness is a choice: of how we organize society. Sketching the defining features of homelessness, this critical introduction will be a valuable resource for students studying homelessness, housing, marginality, and poverty across the social sciences and social work.
Homelessness: A critical introduction
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Homelessness is a punishing condition that inflicts unquestionable harm on those who experience it. It is also a social problem that starkly lays bare deep societal failure. As Cameron Parsell shows, society – along with the public policy measures intended to address it – treats being homeless as an identity, casting those who experience homelessness as fundamentally different from "us." To be homeless is to face daily victimization, to be a recipient of someone else’s care, and to have autonomy taken away. Parsell argues that we have at our disposal the knowledge and momentum to demonstrably reduce and even end homelessness. Our first task is to confront the fact that homelessness is a relatively predictable phenomenon that disproportionately impacts people who are failed by society in myriad ways. We must respond to the problem in ways that understand and thus do not recreate the dehumanizing conditions experienced by those who are homeless. Homelessness is a choice: of how we organize society. Sketching the defining features of homelessness, this critical introduction will be a valuable resource for students studying homelessness, housing, marginality, and poverty across the social sciences and social work.
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December 2023
December 2023
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Humans and cities
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Living in Lisbon
Living in Lisbon
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Lisbon is being ravaged by an unprecedented housing crisis. The exponential increase of prices, the combined outcome of the financialisation of housing and the lack of continued investment of public policies, means that every Portuguese person is, or knows someone who is, affected by the crisis. There is a restless public debate, but little has been told about the(...)
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Lisbon is being ravaged by an unprecedented housing crisis. The exponential increase of prices, the combined outcome of the financialisation of housing and the lack of continued investment of public policies, means that every Portuguese person is, or knows someone who is, affected by the crisis. There is a restless public debate, but little has been told about the(...)
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Living in Lisbon
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Lisbon is being ravaged by an unprecedented housing crisis. The exponential increase of prices, the combined outcome of the financialisation of housing and the lack of continued investment of public policies, means that every Portuguese person is, or knows someone who is, affected by the crisis. There is a restless public debate, but little has been told about the buildings that will give shape to the political strategies that are being conceived and implemented. Which city do we wish to build to face the problem? What can be the role of architecture in this context? "Living in Lisbon" concisely presents the conjecture and possibilities of action to think about the building of the city. The book includes an overview of the most charismatic architectures resulting from public housing policies that have been built in Lisbon over the course of 50 years of democracy, describes the main projects that are currently on the table, presents analytical visions of the present situation and freely envisions plans for the future in the form of dialogue, essay or manifesto.
Living in Lisbon
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Lisbon is being ravaged by an unprecedented housing crisis. The exponential increase of prices, the combined outcome of the financialisation of housing and the lack of continued investment of public policies, means that every Portuguese person is, or knows someone who is, affected by the crisis. There is a restless public debate, but little has been told about the buildings that will give shape to the political strategies that are being conceived and implemented. Which city do we wish to build to face the problem? What can be the role of architecture in this context? "Living in Lisbon" concisely presents the conjecture and possibilities of action to think about the building of the city. The book includes an overview of the most charismatic architectures resulting from public housing policies that have been built in Lisbon over the course of 50 years of democracy, describes the main projects that are currently on the table, presents analytical visions of the present situation and freely envisions plans for the future in the form of dialogue, essay or manifesto.
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January 2024
January 2024
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In ''The 15-minute city: A solution for saving our time and our planet'', human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home. Deeply(...)
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In ''The 15-minute city: A solution for saving our time and our planet'', human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home. Deeply(...)
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The 15-minute city: A solution to saving our time and our planet
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In ''The 15-minute city: A solution for saving our time and our planet'', human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home. Deeply committed to science, progress, and creativity, Moreno presents an essential and timely resource, which will prove invaluable to anyone with an interest in modern and innovative approaches to consistently challenging urban issues that have bedeviled policy makers and city residents since the invention of the car.
The 15-minute city: A solution to saving our time and our planet
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In ''The 15-minute city: A solution for saving our time and our planet'', human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home. Deeply committed to science, progress, and creativity, Moreno presents an essential and timely resource, which will prove invaluable to anyone with an interest in modern and innovative approaches to consistently challenging urban issues that have bedeviled policy makers and city residents since the invention of the car.
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May 2024
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Cities around the world are in the midst of a profound transformation as the wealthy price out the remnants of the urban working class, especially people of color. Displacement is neither accidental or inevitable. It happens because a whole range of people and institutions profit handsomely. ''Defying displacement'', focused on the US but informed by global examples,(...)
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Cities around the world are in the midst of a profound transformation as the wealthy price out the remnants of the urban working class, especially people of color. Displacement is neither accidental or inevitable. It happens because a whole range of people and institutions profit handsomely. ''Defying displacement'', focused on the US but informed by global examples,(...)
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Defying displacement: Urban recomposition and social war
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Cities around the world are in the midst of a profound transformation as the wealthy price out the remnants of the urban working class, especially people of color. Displacement is neither accidental or inevitable. It happens because a whole range of people and institutions profit handsomely. ''Defying displacement'', focused on the US but informed by global examples, investigates gentrification from the perspective of the people fighting it, members of communities whose survival is threatened by some of the most powerful institutions on the planet. Andrew Lee names the names and identifies the actual state and corporate forces that work together to enrich a very specific group of people: property developers and real estate investors who make a killing, politicians who watch their tax bases grow, banks that write profitable loans for new businesses and mortgages for new homeowners. Meanwhile, business districts are planned, tax abatements unveiled, redevelopment schemes dreamed up, corporate and university campuses expanded, and ordinary people are driven from their homes.
Defying displacement: Urban recomposition and social war
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Cities around the world are in the midst of a profound transformation as the wealthy price out the remnants of the urban working class, especially people of color. Displacement is neither accidental or inevitable. It happens because a whole range of people and institutions profit handsomely. ''Defying displacement'', focused on the US but informed by global examples, investigates gentrification from the perspective of the people fighting it, members of communities whose survival is threatened by some of the most powerful institutions on the planet. Andrew Lee names the names and identifies the actual state and corporate forces that work together to enrich a very specific group of people: property developers and real estate investors who make a killing, politicians who watch their tax bases grow, banks that write profitable loans for new businesses and mortgages for new homeowners. Meanwhile, business districts are planned, tax abatements unveiled, redevelopment schemes dreamed up, corporate and university campuses expanded, and ordinary people are driven from their homes.
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February 2024
February 2024
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Dans les années 1960, plus de 75 000 immigré·es d'origine algérienne, portugaise, marocaine et tunisienne vivent dans 255 bidonvilles en France métropolitaine. Parmi les habitant·es, se trouvent de nombreuses familles et leurs enfants. Que signifie grandir dans une baraque? Comment s'est déroulée la sortie des bidonvilles? En cherchant à comprendre comment se constituent(...)
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Dans les années 1960, plus de 75 000 immigré·es d'origine algérienne, portugaise, marocaine et tunisienne vivent dans 255 bidonvilles en France métropolitaine. Parmi les habitant·es, se trouvent de nombreuses familles et leurs enfants. Que signifie grandir dans une baraque? Comment s'est déroulée la sortie des bidonvilles? En cherchant à comprendre comment se constituent(...)
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Enfants de bidonvilles : une autre histoire des inégalités urbaines
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Dans les années 1960, plus de 75 000 immigré·es d'origine algérienne, portugaise, marocaine et tunisienne vivent dans 255 bidonvilles en France métropolitaine. Parmi les habitant·es, se trouvent de nombreuses familles et leurs enfants. Que signifie grandir dans une baraque? Comment s'est déroulée la sortie des bidonvilles? En cherchant à comprendre comment se constituent les inégalités urbaines, ce livre met au jour les mécanismes de reproduction de l'ordre social, depuis l'élaboration de politiques publiques racialisantes jusqu'aux micro-différences de classe dans l'intimité des familles. Il prend le parti d'une écriture narrative, étayée de photographies et de cartes, qui permet de suivre l'enquête et les destinées des enfants des bidonvilles.
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Dans les années 1960, plus de 75 000 immigré·es d'origine algérienne, portugaise, marocaine et tunisienne vivent dans 255 bidonvilles en France métropolitaine. Parmi les habitant·es, se trouvent de nombreuses familles et leurs enfants. Que signifie grandir dans une baraque? Comment s'est déroulée la sortie des bidonvilles? En cherchant à comprendre comment se constituent les inégalités urbaines, ce livre met au jour les mécanismes de reproduction de l'ordre social, depuis l'élaboration de politiques publiques racialisantes jusqu'aux micro-différences de classe dans l'intimité des familles. Il prend le parti d'une écriture narrative, étayée de photographies et de cartes, qui permet de suivre l'enquête et les destinées des enfants des bidonvilles.
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April 2024
April 2024
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''In Defense of Housing'' is the definitive statement on this crisis from leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. Today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced(...)
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''In Defense of Housing'' is the definitive statement on this crisis from leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. Today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced(...)
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August 2024
August 2024
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In defense of housing: The politics of crisis, new edition
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''In Defense of Housing'' is the definitive statement on this crisis from leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. Today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentrification. And the benefits of decent housing are only available for those who can afford it. The authors look at the causes and consequences of the housing problem and detail the need for progressive alternatives. The housing crisis cannot be solved by minor policy shifts, they argue. Rather, the housing crisis has deep political and economic roots—and therefore requires a radical response.
In defense of housing: The politics of crisis, new edition
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''In Defense of Housing'' is the definitive statement on this crisis from leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. Today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentrification. And the benefits of decent housing are only available for those who can afford it. The authors look at the causes and consequences of the housing problem and detail the need for progressive alternatives. The housing crisis cannot be solved by minor policy shifts, they argue. Rather, the housing crisis has deep political and economic roots—and therefore requires a radical response.
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On any given night, more than 650,000 people in the United States—many with families and full-time jobs—experience homelessness. The shortfall in affordable housing is estimated to be 5 million units or more. Devastating effects of these conditions include an increase in multigenerational poverty, a decrease in economic mobility, and—since the housing crisis has a(...)
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On any given night, more than 650,000 people in the United States—many with families and full-time jobs—experience homelessness. The shortfall in affordable housing is estimated to be 5 million units or more. Devastating effects of these conditions include an increase in multigenerational poverty, a decrease in economic mobility, and—since the housing crisis has a(...)
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Housing the nation: Social equity, architecture, and the future of affordable housing
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On any given night, more than 650,000 people in the United States—many with families and full-time jobs—experience homelessness. The shortfall in affordable housing is estimated to be 5 million units or more. Devastating effects of these conditions include an increase in multigenerational poverty, a decrease in economic mobility, and—since the housing crisis has a disproportionate impact on communities of color—a heightening of racial injustice. Assembled here are essays by economists, scholars, architects, planners, and community organizers to address diverse aspects of the subject. The book discusses the history and extent of the US housing crisis; permanent affordable housing and affordable housing as a component of market-rate residential buildings; the development of community associations that can build and manage local units; links between housing production and climate change; and the pervasive and long-term consequences of racial discrimination in the housing market.
Housing the nation: Social equity, architecture, and the future of affordable housing
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On any given night, more than 650,000 people in the United States—many with families and full-time jobs—experience homelessness. The shortfall in affordable housing is estimated to be 5 million units or more. Devastating effects of these conditions include an increase in multigenerational poverty, a decrease in economic mobility, and—since the housing crisis has a disproportionate impact on communities of color—a heightening of racial injustice. Assembled here are essays by economists, scholars, architects, planners, and community organizers to address diverse aspects of the subject. The book discusses the history and extent of the US housing crisis; permanent affordable housing and affordable housing as a component of market-rate residential buildings; the development of community associations that can build and manage local units; links between housing production and climate change; and the pervasive and long-term consequences of racial discrimination in the housing market.
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April 2024
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