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CHALLENGES FOR OUR CITIES
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VOCABULARY FILTERING: WHEN LARGER, OLDER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE SUBDIVIDED TO MAKE MANY APARTMENTS FOR OCCUPANCY BY SUCCESSIVE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE REDLINING: ILLEGAL PROCESS BY WHICH BANKS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IDENTIFY AREAS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY WON’T PROVIDE PEOPLE OR BUSINESSES WITH LOANS PUBLIC HOUSING: HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME FOLKS WHERE THEY PAY 30% OF INCOME ON RENT BUT MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION & REPAIR PAID FOR BY GOV’T GENTRIFICATION: PROCESS BY WHICH MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE MOVE INTO DETERIORATED INNER-CITIES & RENOVATE THE HOUSING UNDERCLASS: THOSE PEOPLE TRAPPED IN A CYCLE OF POVERTY & INCONSISTENT EMPLOYMENT LEADING TO ECONOMIC & SOCIAL PROBLEMS BLOCKBUSTING: a process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood
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BREWSTER-DOUGLAS HOMES, JEFFRIES TOWERS DEMOLITION,
DETROIT ECUADOR
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GENTRIFICATION: DESCRIBE WHY PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS
BEFORE AFTER
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CHALLENGES OF A PERMANENT UNDERCLASS
CULTURE OF POVERTY UNEMPLOYMENT UNDEREMPLOYMENT ADDICTION ACCESS TO EDUCATION ¾ ALL INNER CITY BIRTHS TO UNWED MOTHERS WORK OR STAY HOME? HOMELESS IN US ¾ WOMEN & CHILDREN AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES HOSPITALS SCHOOLS FIRE & POLICE PROTECTION GROCERY STORES/FOOD DESERTS CONSUMER SERVICES
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RESULTS: ERODING TAX BASE
LOW INCOME = LESS TAXES LESS TAXES=REDUCED SERVICES REDUCED SERVICES=MORE EXPENSIVE MORE EXPENSIVE=LESS USE LESS USE= HIGHER COSTS AND THE CYCLE CONTINUES INCREASE TAX REVENUE BRINGS IN BUSINESS STIMULATES GROWTH GROWTH LEADS TO JOBS GENTRIFICATION? AND…. RECESSION 2008 EXACERBATED ISSUES
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URBAN REALMS MODEL – MORE CURRENT?
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