More private than public

The choice neighborhoods initiative as another tool for state-led gentrification in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Denver CO

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670323
AutoresJeremy Auerbach (0000-0003-0061-7943, University College Dublin, autor de correspondencia), Jordin Clark (0000-0002-9601-1796, Rhetoric Department, Wabash University, Crawfordsville, IN, USA), Carrie Makarewicz (0000-0002-6964-8927, University of Colorado Denver), Solange Muñoz (0000-0001-5353-184X, University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Max Westbrook (0000-0003-1010-1844, Portland State University), Marisa Westbrook (Portland State University)
Año2023
Volumen44
Número5
Páginas1035-1049
Fecha de publicación2023-03-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02723638.2023.2185384
OpenAlexW4327730115
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas14

Through the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI), private investors and developers replace distressed US public housing with new mixed-income and mixed-use developments. Although these projects promote community involvement and are purported to prioritize community input and to benefit residents, private investors have disproportionate power and often modify redevelopment to favor the market-rate units while receiving tax incentives, extremely low-cost and long-term land-leases, and government funds for demolition, construction, maintenance, and management. Through a CNI program in Denver (US) we identify and examine the hardships experienced by its residents. CNI transitioned residents toward modern living amenities and mixed-income arrangements but with a loss of community and negatively impacted residents’ mental and physical health. Our initial findings highlight how this regeneration process can lead to degeneration, displacement, fragmented communities, and poor health outcomes for residents. Federal and local agencies should commit to programs that ensures collaborative community-centred planning from beginning to end

Economic growth · Economics · Gentrification · Geography · Political science · Regional science · State (computer science · Computer Science · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Urbanization and City Planning