Infrastructures of Care for Public Housing Residents During COVID-19 Detention: Failures, Glitches and Possibilities to Care With

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges to infrastructures of care. This study explores failures in governance, material and communication infrastructures for public housing residents during a detention order in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne, Australia. We illustrate these fa...

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Published in:Urban policy and research 2023-01, Vol.41 (1), p.70-83
Main Authors: Olivier, Jéan-Louise, Mee, Kathleen, Power, Emma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
care
Community
COVID-19
Detention
Governance
Housing authorities
Housing policy
infrastructure
Pandemics
Public housing
Residents
stigma
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges to infrastructures of care. This study explores failures in governance, material and communication infrastructures for public housing residents during a detention order in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne, Australia. We illustrate these failures through analysis of selected publicly available sources. Failures presented glitches in the capacity for community infrastructures of care to continue to function and emerge during the detention. Findings highlight that future pandemic planning and public housing policy needs to attentively listen to affected communities and engage with trusted community infrastructures of care, providing care that sustains our future cities.
ISSN:0811-1146
1476-7244
DOI:10.1080/08111146.2022.2123317