Housing Problems and Prospects for Blacks in Houston
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10430796 |
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| Authors | Robert D Bullard (0000-0003-3683-1255, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 175-194 |
| Publication date | 1991-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Black Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6446 • E-ISSN: 1936-4814 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf02895343 |
| OpenAlex | W2073023626 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Houston was considered the premier Sunbelt city in the 1970s. Much of the growth during this boom period was fueled by the oil industry. The city led the nation in new jobs created and housing starts. The economic growth, however, was not uniformly distributed to all segments of the population—specifically, a large segment of the black community was passed over during the city's housing boom. Many of the housing problems facing black Houstonians can be traced to the city's anti-public housing sentiment, policies that create and perpetuate racial segregation, and the dismantling of the fair housing enforcement mechanism. Housing discrimination, residential segregation, and other institutional barriers all limit the mobility options for a sizable segment of the black Houston community
Affordable housing · Boom · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Enforcement · Oil boom · Political science · Population · Public housing · Sociology · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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