Gentrification and the Housing Crisis
Title | Gentrification and the Housing Crisis PDF eBook |
Author | Marcia Amidon Lüsted |
Publisher | Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781534504356 |
"Urban populations are on the rise, fueling a welcome rejuvenation of U.S. cities, many of which have been decaying since the suburban boom of the mid-twentieth century. But such renewal has resulted in the displacement of original residents, who can no longer keep pace with rising rents. Gentrification is often blamed for contributing to the housing crisis, but what about the improvements it has brought to America's cities? The diverse perspectives in this volume explore the different effects of gentrification and imagine solutions for accommodating everyone in this changing urban landscape"--Provided by publisher.
The New Urban Crisis
Title | The New Urban Crisis PDF eBook |
Author | Richard L. Florida |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2017-09 |
Genre | Equality |
ISBN | 9781786072122 |
"Our cities drive innovation and growth, but they also propel us into housing crises and give rise to ever-greater inequality, as the super-rich displace the well-off and the workers who run our essential services are ghettoised and pushed out to the suburbs. There is a new urban crisis, and it is undermining the foundations of our society. In this bracingly original work of research and analysis, leading urbanist Richard Florida demonstrates how our cities are evolving in the twenty-first century, for good and for ill. From the world's superstar metropolises to the urban slums of the developing world, he shows how the crisis touches all of us, and sets out how we can make our cities more inclusive, ensuring prosperity for all"--Provided by publisher.
Revitalization, Gentrification, and the Low-income Housing Crisis
Title | Revitalization, Gentrification, and the Low-income Housing Crisis PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Employment and Housing Subcommittee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 110 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Gentrification |
ISBN |
Capital City
Title | Capital City PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Stein |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2019-03-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1786636387 |
“This superbly succinct and incisive book couldn’t be more timely or urgent.” —Michael Sorkin, author of All Over the Map Our cities are changing. Around the world, more and more money is being invested in buildings and land. Real estate is now a $217 trillion dollar industry, worth thirty-six times the value of all the gold ever mined. It forms sixty percent of global assets, and one of the most powerful people in the world—the president of the United States—made his name as a landlord and developer. Samuel Stein shows that this explosive transformation of urban life and politics has been driven not only by the tastes of wealthy newcomers, but by the state-driven process of urban planning. Planning agencies provide a unique window into the ways the state uses and is used by capital, and the means by which urban renovations are translated into rising real estate values and rising rents. Capital City explains the role of planners in the real estate state, as well as the remarkable power of planning to reclaim urban life.
Generation Priced Out
Title | Generation Priced Out PDF eBook |
Author | Randy Shaw |
Publisher | |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0520356217 |
"Generation Priced Out is a call for action on one of the most talked about issues of our time: how skyrocketing rents and home values are pricing out the working and middle-class from urban America. Telling the stories of tenants, developers, politicians, homeowner groups, and housing activists from over a dozen cities impacted by the national housing crisis, Generation Priced Out criticizes cities for advancing policies that increase economic and racial inequality. Shaw also exposes how boomer homeowners restrict millennials' access to housing in big cities, a generational divide that increasingly dominates city politics. Defying conventional wisdom, Shaw demonstrates that rising urban unaffordability and neighborhood gentrification are not inevitable. He offers proven measures for cities to preserve and expand their working- and middle-class populations and achieve more equitable and inclusive outcomes. Generation Priced Out is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of urban America"--Provided by publisher
Golden Gates
Title | Golden Gates PDF eBook |
Author | Conor Dougherty |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2020-02-18 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 052556022X |
A Time 100 Must-Read Book of 2020 • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • California Book Award Silver Medal in Nonfiction • Finalist for The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism • Named a top 30 must-read Book of 2020 by the New York Post • Named one of the 10 Best Business Books of 2020 by Fortune • Named A Must-Read Book of 2020 by Apartment Therapy • Runner-Up General Nonfiction: San Francisco Book Festival • A Planetizen Top Urban Planning Book of 2020 • Shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice “Tells the story of housing in all its complexity.” —NPR Spacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today, however, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive cost of ownership have turned housing into the foremost symbol of inequality and an economy gone wrong. Nowhere is this more visible than in the San Francisco Bay Area, where fleets of private buses ferry software engineers past the tarp-and-plywood shanties of the homeless. The adage that California is a glimpse of the nation’s future has become a cautionary tale. With propulsive storytelling and ground-level reporting, New York Times journalist Conor Dougherty chronicles America’s housing crisis from its West Coast epicenter, peeling back the decades of history and economic forces that brought us here and taking readers inside the activist movements that have risen in tandem with housing costs.
Neighborhood Defenders
Title | Neighborhood Defenders PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Levine Einstein |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2019-12-05 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1108477275 |
Public participation in the housing permitting process empowers unrepresentative and privileged groups who participate in local politics to restrict the supply of housing.