Living in a mixed-income development: resident perceptions of the benefits and disadvantages of two developments in Chicago.
Policy-makers in several countries are turning to income- and tenure-mixing strategies in an attempt to reverse decades of social and economic isolation in impoverished urban areas. In the US city of Chicago, all high-rise public housing developments across the city are being demolished, public housing residents are being dispersed throughout the metropolitan area and 10 new mixed-income developments are being created on the footprint of former public housing complexes. Findings are presented from in-depth interviews with residents across income levels and tenures at two mixed-income developments and the paper explores residents' perceptions of the physical, psychological and social impacts of the mixed-income setting on their lives.
Joseph
Mark
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Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Chaskin
Robert
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D002641:Chicago / Q000208:ethnology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011638:Public Housing / Q000266:history; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012922:Social Change / Q000266:history; D012923:Social Class / Q000266:history; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D014504:Urban Health / Q000266:history; D014505:Urban Population / Q000266:history