Sociology 2152A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Visible Minority, Moss Park, Subsidized Housing

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2152A/B
• Professor: William Marshall

Document Summary

Yaphs: (people who are being discriminated against and live in sub-standard housing: youth, elderly (old, poor, physical and mentally handicapped. Overall quality of housing has not been improved since 1960-61: more than half a million houses with sub-standard housing, now only 10% of housing in the country is sub-standard housing. United states is worse: 20% of united states population live in sub-standard housing. In 1945 after the war, necessary to provide adequate housing: knock out what is there and provide new housing, subsidized housing projects provide housing for the poor people that cannot compete. End of 1960s/1970s all subsidized housing half of those were occupied by visible minorities. Ontario government housing: regent park (north): 1948-1958, thought this was a very progressive project knock old down to build new. Iceberg: gentrification: rich and famous people move into poor areas and fix them up, land of gentrification happens a lot rich people displacing the poor.