In Defense of Housing keyword-normality Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Nowhere is this objective (non-)critique which results so clearly played out as in the Cool Memories series

with decisive ramifications in the post-9/11 era

government documents

In Defense of Housing keyword-normality Ruth Wilson GilmoreIn Defense of Housing is the definitive statement on this crisis from leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. Today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentrification. And the benefits of decent