"Moving Three Times Is Like Having Your House on Fire Once": The Experience of Place and Impending Displacement among Public Housing Residents

The HOPE VI programme in the US displaces tens of thousands of low-income households to disperse pockets of poverty and transform sites of'severely distressed' public housing into mixed-income housing. A complete evaluation of this programme's impacts on residents must examine the mea...

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Published in:Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 45; no. 9; pp. 1855 - 1878
Main Authors: Manzo, Lynne C., Kleit, Rachel G., Couch, Dawn
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England Routledge Journal, Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.08.2008
SAGE Publications
Longman Group
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Accessories
Bgi / Prodig
Communities
Community development
Community power
Dismantling
Economic policy
Ethnic diversity
Focus groups
Hope
Households
Housing
Housing authorities
Housing Policy
Housing. Communiting
Human geography
Impending
Income
Low Income Groups
Meaning
Mixed use developments
Place attachment
Poverty
Public Housing
Redevelopment
Residents
Retirement communities
Social exclusion
Social housing
Social integration
Social support
United States
United States of America
Urban geography
Urban studies
Western Europe
United States of America
United States > US
Europe
Residential mobility
Urban district
Ethnic community
Societal relations
Community
Social deprivation
Daily life
ISSN:0042-0980, 1360-063X
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Summary:The HOPE VI programme in the US displaces tens of thousands of low-income households to disperse pockets of poverty and transform sites of'severely distressed' public housing into mixed-income housing. A complete evaluation of this programme's impacts on residents must examine the meanings and functions of these communities before they are dismantled. Therefore, this paper examines residents' lived experiences of place in one site before redevelopment. This socially well-functioning community allowed residents to lay down roots, form place attachments and create bonds of mutual support with neighbours, contrary to typical depictions of severely distressed housing. Implications for US public housing policy and parallels with the discourse on social housing and social inclusion in western Europe illuminate overarching trends in housing policy for the poor.
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ISSN:0042-0980
1360-063X
DOI:10.1177/0042098008093381