2014
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014560499
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Social mix and housing policy: Local effects of a misleading rhetoric. The case of Milan

Abstract: The article focuses on different uses of the concept of social mix and on emerging criticalities of\ud its use as a planning principle by discussing the results of empirical research on recent housing\ud projects in Milan, Italy. Although the concept of social mix is generally represented as a tool to\ud improve the living conditions of disadvantaged social groups, the praise for social mix in new\ud housing projects may also be driven by the will of targeting the needs of specific medium–low\ud income groups … Show more

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“…There is a common agreement on the fact that Italian 'compact' cities can benefit from a good level of socio-ethnic mix. Low levels of socio-spatial segregation along with residual share of public housing have made the rhetoric of social mix less pervasive compared to other EU countries (Bricocoli & Cucca, 2014), though it is still present. Traces of social mix can be found already in the first public housing national programme in 1949 (Piano Fanfani), which implicitly encouraged the residential proximity between social rented tenants and homeowners (target groups) (Mugnano & Palvarini, 2013).…”
Section: Social Mix: a 'Silent Issue' In The Italian Housing Debatementioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is a common agreement on the fact that Italian 'compact' cities can benefit from a good level of socio-ethnic mix. Low levels of socio-spatial segregation along with residual share of public housing have made the rhetoric of social mix less pervasive compared to other EU countries (Bricocoli & Cucca, 2014), though it is still present. Traces of social mix can be found already in the first public housing national programme in 1949 (Piano Fanfani), which implicitly encouraged the residential proximity between social rented tenants and homeowners (target groups) (Mugnano & Palvarini, 2013).…”
Section: Social Mix: a 'Silent Issue' In The Italian Housing Debatementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cette ouverture à l'apprentissage et à l'activation de transferts de politiques publiques fournit de solutions à des problèmes qui sont identifiés comme étant « similaires » et légitime les politiques nationales à l'aune de « bonnes pratiques » étrangères. Néanmoins, l'existence de problèmes identiques des périphéries nécessitant des mêmes solutions est souvent remise en question, en raison des articulations entre marché du logement, pauvreté et ségrégation urbaine que caractérisent chaque pays et, notamment, différencient l'Italie de la France et des pays d'Europe du Nord (Bricocoli & Cucca, 2014).…”
Section: Innovation Et Rénovation Urbaine Entre Les Villes Et Les Modunclassified
“…Toutefois, de différences importantes existent tant pour ce qui relève des politiques et des problèmes de logement que pour ce qui est de la ségrégation urbaine. L'Italie comme de nombreux autres pays méditerranéens est caractérisé par le fait que les habitants sont, en vaste majorité, propriétaires de leur logement et la possession du logement de propriété est transversale à plusieurs classes sociales (Bricocoli & Cucca, 2014). En 2008, la proportion de résidents dans un logement de propriété était de 81,5 %, avec une concentration des habitants en location vers les couches les plus défavorisées (CITTALIA, 2010).…”
Section: Quelles Politiques Pour Quels Quartiers ?unclassified
“…Analysis of this transformation has been the focus of a large body of literature over the past decade, both in terms of social and economic trends (Ranci and Torri 2007;Bonomi 2009;Lodigiani 2010) and as regards the city's style of governance (Bricocoli and Savoldi 2010). In particular, as far as social policies are concerned, the literature has described how government coalitions boosted the use of some New Public Management instruments at municipal level, especially the contracting out or privatization of the provision of public and welfare services (Gori 2010).…”
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“…Also important in this period was the political emphasis on security issues, which went along with countering migration flows and tightening illegal migrants' rights in terms of access to services either regulated at the local level (childcare services, school canteens, municipal housing) or delivered through national/regional programmes (health care; Sabatinelli and Costa 2014). As regards housing policies, scholars have highlighted the progressive reduction of initiatives in favour of the most marginal groups (Agustoni et al 2012) also through stigmatization of the municipal housing stock as a place for migrants' segregation, which was replaced by a new interest in the housing needs of the new "vulnerable middle class" (Cognetti 2011;Bricocoli and Cucca 2014;Costa and Sabatinelli 2013). To sum up, this approach led to disinvestment in welfare services directly provided by the municipality in favour of a more residual welfare system based on the involvement of non-profit and private organizations and investment in market-oriented tools.…”
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