VOCABULARY FILTERING WHEN LARGER OLDER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE SUBDIVIDED TO MAKE MANY APARTMENTS FOR OCCUPANCY BY SUCCESSIVE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE REDLINING ILLEGAL PROCESS BY WHICH BANKS amp FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IDENTIFY AREAS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY WONT PROVIDE PEOPLE OR BUSI ID: 622661
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CHALLENGES FOR OUR CITIESSlide2
VOCABULARY
FILTERING
: WHEN LARGER, OLDER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE SUBDIVIDED TO MAKE MANY APARTMENTS FOR OCCUPANCY BY SUCCESSIVE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE
REDLINING
: ILLEGAL PROCESS BY WHICH BANKS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IDENTIFY AREAS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY WON’T PROVIDE PEOPLE OR BUSINESSES WITH LOANS
PUBLIC HOUSING
: HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME FOLKS WHERE THEY PAY 30% OF INCOME ON RENT BUT MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION & REPAIR PAID FOR BY GOV’T
GENTRIFICATION
: PROCESS BY WHICH MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE MOVE INTO DETERIORATED INNER-CITIES & RENOVATE THE HOUSING
UNDERCLASS
: THOSE PEOPLE TRAPPED IN A CYCLE OF POVERTY & INCONSISTENT EMPLOYMENT LEADING TO ECONOMIC & SOCIAL PROBLEMS
BLOCKBUSTING
: a process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhoodSlide3
BREWSTER-DOUGLAS HOMES, JEFFRIES TOWERS DEMOLITION,
DETROIT
ECUADORSlide4
GENTRIFICATION: DESCRIBE WHY PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS
BEFORE
AFTERSlide5
CHALLENGES OF A PERMANENT UNDERCLASS
CULTURE OF POVERTY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
ADDICTION
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
¾ ALL INNER CITY BIRTHS TO UNWED MOTHERSWORK OR STAY HOME?HOMELESS IN US ¾ WOMEN & CHILDRENAVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC SERVICESHOSPITALSSCHOOLS
FIRE & POLICE PROTECTIONGROCERY STORES/FOOD DESERTSCONSUMER SERVICES Slide6
RESULTS: ERODING TAX BASE
LOW INCOME = LESS TAXES
LESS
TAXES=REDUCED SERVICES
REDUCED SERVICES=MORE EXPENSIVE
MORE EXPENSIVE=LESS USE
LESS USE= HIGHER COSTSAND THE CYCLE CONTINUESINCREASE TAX REVENUEBRINGS IN BUSINESSSTIMULATES GROWTHGROWTH LEADS TO JOBS
GENTRIFICATION?AND….RECESSION 2008 EXACERBATED ISSUESSlide7
URBAN REALMS MODEL – MORE CURRENT?