Racial Capitalism in the City of Brotherly Love

Once viewed as a haven in the face of racialized uneven development, the non-renewal of this affordable housing development and the subsequent actions taken by the property owners, policymakers, and longstanding residents elucidate how affordable housing serves as a threat to the spectre of disposse...

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Published in:Poverty & Race 2023, Vol.32 (1), p.1-13
Main Authors: Dantzler, Prentiss, Rodriguez, Akira Drake
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Affordable housing
Housing developments
Human rights
Poverty
Racism
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Summary:Once viewed as a haven in the face of racialized uneven development, the non-renewal of this affordable housing development and the subsequent actions taken by the property owners, policymakers, and longstanding residents elucidate how affordable housing serves as a threat to the spectre of dispossession hovering over urban denizens. Attracting human capital has been a salient economic development strategy resulting in many related contemporary forms of redevelopment resonant of the legacy of urban renewal. Subsidized housing, including public housing in the United States, social housing in Canada, and affordable set-aside units within market-rate developments, has consistently received opposition since its inception. Jamie Gauthier, the city councilperson representing the third district where the townhomes are located, immediately put forth legislation that would prohibit the demolition of the existing site, and changed the zoning to mandate any new apartments constructed to be rented at 20 percent of the area median income (City of Philadelphia, 2021).
ISSN:1075-3591