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Displaced and unsafe: The legacy of settler-colonial racial capitalism in the U.S. rental market

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  • Elizabeth Korver-Glenn
  • Sofia Locklear
  • Junia Howell
  • Ellen Whitehead

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Unsafe rental units are disproportionately located in communities of color, resulting in numerous detrimental effects for residents’ health and socioeconomic well-being. Yet, scholars disagree regarding the mechanisms driving this phenomenon. Exogenous capitalism theories emphasize socioeconomic factors while setter-colonial racial capitalism theories emphasize the racist policies and practices that incentivize unequal investment and maintenance. We empirically adjudicate between these mechanisms by merging restricted-access versions of the American Housing Survey, the Rental Housing Finance Survey, and the American Community Survey at a Census Restricted Data Center. Our findings demonstrate neighborhood White proportion is a key mechanism shaping the condition of rental units even when controlling for neighborhood socioeconomic status, property features, and renter demographics. We argue these results support settler-colonial racial capitalism theories and discuss the implications of these findings for future research and housing policy.

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  • Elizabeth Korver-Glenn & Sofia Locklear & Junia Howell & Ellen Whitehead, 2023. "Displaced and unsafe: The legacy of settler-colonial racial capitalism in the U.S. rental market," Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(2), pages 113-134, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:urecxx:v:4:y:2023:i:2:p:113-134
    DOI: 10.1080/26884674.2023.2176799
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