Constructing Renters as a Threat to Neighbourhood Safety

Like a Good Neighbor, Squatters Are There: Property and Neighborhood Stability in the Context of Urban Decline

“…Residents engage in community art projects, paint DIY bike lanes, organize pop-up restaurants, and build library boxes in their yards where neighbors exchange books. Based on this prior research and the pervasiveness of everyday ideological commitments to private property (Goetz and Sidney 1994;Kinder 2016;Rollwagen 2015), we might expect that residents in my study would take on the state's role of enforcing private property using DIY tactics. Based on this prior research and the pervasiveness of everyday ideological commitments to private property (Goetz and Sidney 1994;Kinder 2016;Rollwagen 2015), we might expect that residents in my study would take on the state's role of enforcing private property using DIY tactics.…”

“…In Detroit, DIY interventions often pick up where the government leaves off (Eisinger 2015;Kinder 2016): Residents mow city-owned lots, take it upon themselves to board up buildings after a fire, or use neighborhood watch systems to increase safety. Based on this prior research and the pervasiveness of everyday ideological commitments to private property (Goetz and Sidney 1994;Kinder 2016;Rollwagen 2015), we might expect that residents in my study would take on the state's role of enforcing private property using DIY tactics.…”

“…Research finds that neighborhood residents overwhelmingly believe that only the financial investment of private ownership could evoke practices that demonstrate maximum concern and care for the property and overall quality of the neighborhood (Goetz and Sidney 1994;Rollwagen 2015). Research finds that neighborhood residents overwhelmingly believe that only the financial investment of private ownership could evoke practices that demonstrate maximum concern and care for the property and overall quality of the neighborhood (Goetz and Sidney 1994;Rollwagen 2015).…”

“…In urban centers, private ownership of real property (such as land, housing, and other buildings) is increasingly a tool for regulating socio-spatial dynamics (Davis 1990;Banerjee 2001). McCabe 2013)-and that in everyday life, residents express belief in this dominant discourse (Goetz and Sidney 1994;Rollwagen 2015). McCabe 2013)-and that in everyday life, residents express belief in this dominant discourse (Goetz and Sidney 1994;Rollwagen 2015).…”

Putting the Squeeze on ‘Generation Rent’: Housing Benefit Claimants in the Private Rented Sector - Transitions, Marginality and Stigmatisation

“…This dataset represents a unique insight into the perspectives of landlords, which has been lacking from existing accounts of recent welfare reforms and research on housing inequalities more generally. As Rollwagen (2015) notes, the role of landlords must be considered in understanding the nature and social relations of the PRS: 'landlords are ultimately responsible for the maintenance of the rental property, as well as regulating any problematic conduct of tenants; yet, they are often not considered in research examining owner/tenant relations in the neighbourhood context' (Rollwagen, 2015:16). The evidence below responds to this critique by emphasising landlord perspectives and attitudes, which have hitherto been neglected, and which shape letting strategies and thereby contribute to the marginalisation and stigmatisation of particular groups of PRS tenants.…”