Ch 13 KI #3

Why Do Inner Cities Face Distinctive Challenges? Inner-city physical issues Most significant = deteriorating housing Filtering – subdividing large houses into smaller apartments for rent by lower-income people Redlining – drawing lines on a map to identify areas in which banks will refuse to loan money

Why Do Inner Cities Face Distinctive Challenges? Public housing reserved for low income households, must pay 30 percent of income for rent

Why Do Inner Cities Face Distinctive Challenges? Urban renewal – cities buy “run down” areas from landowners, clear the site and build new roads and utilities

Why Do Inner Cities Face Distinctive Challenges? Renovated housing Gentrification – middle-class people move into deteriorated neighborhoods and renovate the housing.

Why Do Inner Cities Face Distinctive Challenges? Inner-city social issues The underclass An unending cycle of social and economic issues Homelessness Culture of poverty Elvis “In the ghetto”

Why Do Inner Cities Face Distinctive Challenges? Inner-city economic issues Eroding tax base Cities can either reduce services or raise taxes Impact of the recession Housing market collapse