Ch. 34: Housing Policy in the News: In Praise of Markets, Problematizing Residents in Poverty
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Description
This chapter appears in the book, The Routledge Companion to Media and Poverty. Edited by Sandra L. Borden.
Chapter abstract: Housing is often described in the media as a problem to be solved, especially when housing is seen as targeted toward households in poverty. A class bias in the portrayal of housing policy makes housing people who have trouble affording rent a problem and discourages government involvement in the housing market. This problematizing of government work to assist people in poverty undermines public support for subsidized housing policies and discourages attention to the ways that middle- and upper-class households also benefit from housing policy.
ISBN
9780429291333
Publication Date
2021
Publisher
Routledge, part of Taylor & Francis
City
New York
Keywords
Housing policy, Media coverage, Gentrification, Poverty
Disciplines
Inequality and Stratification | Mass Communication | Social Welfare
Recommended Citation
Martin, Leslie, "Ch. 34: Housing Policy in the News: In Praise of Markets, Problematizing Residents in Poverty" (2021). Books and Chapters. 18.
https://scholar.umw.edu/hist_amst_books/18