208 Pages
28 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
28 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
28 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In an effort to explain why housing remains among the United States’ most enduring social problems, Housing America explores five of the U.S.’s most fundamental, recurrent issues in housing its population: affordability of housing, homelessness, segregation and discrimination in the housing market, homeownership and home financing, and planning. It describes these issues in detail, why they... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Housing affordability
Chapter 3: Homelessness
Chapter 4: Housing inequalitiesChapter 5: Homeownership, financialization, and the global economy
Chapter 6: Environment and planning
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Biography
Emily Tumpson Molina is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, where she teaches courses in urban sociology, quantitative methods, and social problems. Her research interests include housing, urban studies, race and racism, quantitative and geographic methods, and social policy. Her recent work on the foreclosure crisis has appeared in the Journal of Urban Affairs, City & Community, and Housing Policy Debate.
