Neighborhood Defenders

Neighborhood Defenders

Participatory Politics and America's Housing Crisis

Einstein, Katherine Levine (Boston University); Glick, David M. (Boston University); Palmer, Maxwell (Boston University)

Cambridge University Press

12/2019

228

Dura

Inglês

9781108477277

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Neighborhood Defenders reveals how local politics contributes to the current housing crisis - by empowering unrepresentative groups of privileged homeowners to restrict the supply of new housing through participatory housing permitting processes. Their participation exacerbates inequality and reduces new housing in the places that most need it.
1. Introduction; 2. Neighborhood defenders and the power of delay; 3. Land use regulations and multifamily housing development; 4. Land use regulations and public input; 5. Who are the neighborhood defenders?; 6. Neighborhood defense tactics; 7. Gentrification, affordable housing, and housing reform; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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