Policing the Poor in Detroit

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (8) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Jay
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Police Department ◽  
East Side ◽  
Monthly Review ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Housing Complex ◽  
The Way ◽  
Low Income Housing

On the afternoon of November 15, 2013, 150 police officers raided the Colony Arms, a low-income housing complex on Detroit's East Side. One resident described the scene: "I saw…cop cars with the sirens…some kind of tank blocking the back alley, at least two helicopters doing I don't know what…. The officers had real, real long rifles. It was like the army or something…like an invasion…." In all, thirty arrests were made, twenty-one related to parking violations. These arrests yielded a total of zero convictions. The raid occurred on a Friday; all those arrested were released from jail by Monday. The raid was declared a resounding success by the Detroit Police Department (DPD) and all of the city's major media outlets. The raid on the Colony Arms inaugurated Operation Restore Order, a series of seventeen paramilitary police operations carried out between 2013 and 2015. Over the course of the operation, police made over a thousand arrests; as in the Colony Arms raid, however, these yielded little in the way of prosecutions.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

scholarly journals Reclaiming the Role of Lawyers as Community Connectors

Daedalus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 148 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
David F. Levi ◽  
Dana Remus ◽  
Abigail Frisch
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way ◽  
Justice Gap

With the prospect of nonlawyers stepping in to do low-fee legal work, how should the legal profession conceive of its relationship to that work and ensure that nonlawyers bolster rather than undermine the value that lawyers add to society? Lawyers should reclaim their role as connectors in their communities: interstitial figures with the knowledge, skill, and trust to help resolve disputes, move beyond stalemates, dispel tensions, and otherwise bring people and resources together in productive solutions. They should do so, at least in part, through pro bono work for poor and low-income clients. It would be a mistake to stand in the way of innovative solutions to the justice gap. But it would also be a mistake, and a deep loss, if lawyers–particularly those who do not normally represent poor and low-income clients– turned their backs on the poor and low-income segments of our society.

scholarly journals REHABILITATING THE EVICTED: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE STATE OF REHABILITATION IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL

2021 ◽  
pp. 109-112
Author(s):  
Kahini Palit
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The People ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Displaced People ◽  
Housing Complex ◽  
The Government ◽  
Everyday Problems

Incidence of Displacement has been a common issue in the journey of development, and the people who are displaced have often been offered rehabilitation in the form of low-income housing. But those rehabilitations are rarely the coveted solutions to the everyday problems of the poor, neither are they the dream housing complex the poor are made to believe. Rehabilitations are often planned arbitrarily, without proper planning and programme, and the result of the lack of sincerity of the authorities in rehabilitation of the displaced people are paid for by the poor, displaced people. The rehabilitated people, in most cases, are given small spaces to live, notwithstanding the size of the families. This leads to an overcrowded household, sometimes a family of six people are clumped together in a one room flat. The rehabilitated also face the problem of income in the new place, where the Government moved the people, but barely thought of any economic amenities in the surrounding area. The problem of clean drinking water and sanitation has also been noteworthy problems in the rehabilitated places. If displacement could not be avoided, and the question of rehabilitation follows, it is imperative for the authorities to plan fruitful rehabilitation programmes so that the people are not further impoverished, but instead, be empowered. KEYWORDS- Displacement, Eviction, Migration and Resettlement, Rehabilitation

Materials for Extension Low-Income Housing: The Case of Bang Bua Community in Bangkok, Thailand

2013 ◽  
Vol 849 ◽  
pp. 218-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nayatat Tonmitr
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Architectural Engineering ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Low Income Housing

Housing for the poor in Thailand in a period of a decade, Baan Mankong Programme (BMP) has been largely focused. This paper focuses on an architectural engineering point of view to explore the housing phenomena with its conversion as well as the usage of extension materials. Extension materials are clarified and made categorizations to unveil the trends of practical urban poor housing case, Bang Bua community in Bangkok, Thailand. Two types of extension were apparent which roof and wall extensions are. The imperative factors to be determined for the extension materials consist of easiness of affordability, easiness of installation, materials cost, durability of usage as well as social situation; safety for instance.

scholarly journals Low income housing problems and low-income housing solutions: opportunities and challenges in Bulawayo

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 927-938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chigwenya Average
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The City ◽  
Low Income Housing

Abstract The provision of housing for the low-income has been a major problem in many countries and the developing world has been hard hit. This inability has been the chief cause of the burgeoning slum settlement in cities of the globe where one billion people live in slum areas. The solution to the housing problem lies in the opening up of stakeholders’ participation in the provision of housing, where government, non-governmental organisation, multilateral agencies and the community can play a critical role. Critical in the whole process is the participation of urban poor in the provision of housing for the poor, where they are critical actors in defining housing programmes that best suit the urban poor. This research seeks to analyse the initiatives that have been taken by the urban poor in the city of Bulawayo in providing housing for the poor. The research made use both qualitative and quantitative methodologies in investigating the matter. Questionnaire was the main instrument to collect quantitative data and interviews and field observations were used to collect qualitative data. The research showed that there are a lot positive initiatives by the urban poor in the city of Bulawayo to provide house for the urban poor and these initiatives appear appealing to the poor as they are giving them a roof over their heads, which was never a dream in their lives. Though they appear noble they however fall far too short to provide sustainable housing to the poor as they appear to be a potential health hazard for the city. There is need for city authorities or any interested stakeholder to provide more support to such initiatives so that they can provide more sustainable housing for the poor. This will produce a housing scheme that will contribute to reduction of slum dwellers as called by the Millennium Development Goals.

Low-income Housing in Chinese Cities: Policies and Practices

2012 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 941-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youqin Huang
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Performance Evaluation System ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
Housing Programme ◽  
Low Income Housing

AbstractThis paper argues that the low-income housing programme in China has so far failed to provide adequate housing for the poor for three main reasons: the central government's failure to define a clear mission; a lack of commitment from local governments; and an exclusionary policy towards migrants. A systematic review of low-income housing policy in China shows that the central government juggles its economic and socio-political goals thereby causing constant changes in low-income housing policy. Meanwhile, the existing public finance system, the performance evaluation system and localization in policy implementation have all resulted in a lack of commitment from local governments to low-income housing. Inadequate provision is made worse by problems with allocation. Despite encouraging changes since 2010, many factors underlying the government's failures remain unchanged, thus the fate of low-income housing remains uncertain.

THE YORUBA VERNACULAR AS A PARADIGM FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING: LESSONS FROM OGBERE, IBADAN, NIGERIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babatunde E. Jaiyeoba ◽  
Abimbola O Asojo ◽  
Bayo Amole
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Housing Production ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Ibadan Nigeria ◽  
Low Income Housing

Low-income housing is often studied in a top down approach by experts and researchers. The Ogbere case study in the outskirts of Ibadan represents housing built by low-income people and therefore a context to understand how the poor provides housing. It is evident from Ogbere that most of the housing producers earlier lived in Yoruba vernacular family houses where they acquired knowledge about the vernacular model they built. This knowledge contributed to their ability to attain housing contrary to their income level. In order to understand low-income housing production in the context of Ogbere, a comprehensive case study approach was adopted. The study examined the socio-economic characteristics and residential histories of the house owners, the characteristics of the houses and the resources they deployed in the housing production process. Multiple techniques of questionnaires, in depth interview and observation were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data from one half (n= 926) of the Ogbere house owners in the study area. The findings form a paradigm for low income housing in Nigeria and the developing world.

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