GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Atlantic, Africville, Precarious Work
12 Apr 2018
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Housing and the crisis of shelter: securitization cont"d, housing and the crisis of shelter, race and racism in the housing sector, the case of africville. Defensive architecture used to keep homeless people out of communities and streets. Ex: weird benches that aren"t for sitting but just leaning for a bit and not staying there for too long. There are even benches made to be slightly uncomfortable in order to dissuade people from sitting too long. Sadly, such designs are particularly common in subway, bus stops, and parks that present the homeless with the prospect of a safely public place to sleep. Many don"t have shelter but there are also many who own vacant homes that aren"t being used. Many cant afford homes, but for some its like a 3d stock market. Rent burdens are highest in neighbourhoods where there is low-income and gentri cation.
