Description: Since the collapse of the housing market in 2008, demand for housing has consistently outpaced supply in many US communities. The failure to construct sufficient housing - especially affordable housing - in desirable communities and neighborhoods comes with significant social, economic, and environmental costs. This book examines how local participatory land use institutions amplify the power of entrenched interests and privileged homeowners. The book draws on sweeping data to examine the dominance of land use politics by 'neighborhood defenders' - individuals who oppose new housing projects far more strongly than their broader communities and who are likely to be privileged on a variety of dimensions. Neighborhood defenders participate disproportionately and take advantage of land use regulations to restrict the construction of multifamily housing. The result is diminished housing stock and higher housing costs, with participatory institutions perversely reproducing inequality.
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EAN: 9781108477277
UPC: 9781108477277
ISBN: 9781108477277
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Book Title: Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 228 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America's Housing Crisis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Government, Sociology
Item Height: 235 mm
Item Weight: 450 g
Type: Textbook
Author: David M. Glick, Katherine Levine Einstein, Maxwell Palmer
Subject Area: Urban Planning, Building Law
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Hardcover
