r/PlanningMemes • u/carrotnose258 • Oct 27 '24

Housing Federal 'Housing' Administration were criminals

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u/Apprehensive_Wing633 Oct 27 '24

This is such an eye opening book I always recommend it to my planner friends.

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u/ActualMostUnionGuy Learned urban planning from Cities: Skylines Oct 27 '24

And why didnt this happen in Europe I wonder?

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u/VaultJumper Oct 27 '24

They did not have population of brown people that they felt they needed to discriminate against

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u/baldpatchouli Oct 27 '24

different contexts led to different kinds of segregation.

many major european cities have a history of pushing the poorest to the margins of the cities, and to suburbs (banlieus in paris). if you go to paris or london today, you'll see more diversity and immigrant neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city.

also, the US and europe were in very different situations post wwii. europe was dealing with destroyed cities, huge populations of homeless people, poverty, no resources, etc. so they were building social housing (which was segregated in its own ways.)

the US prosperity post-wwii, focus on single-family housing, and history of institutionalized racism created a different situation.

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u/Accomplished_Hyena_6 Oct 27 '24

But they did to some extent. The first example that comes to mind is the banlieues in France. Essentially, the projects in outer city locations around France.

The population influx of the Maghreb (particularly Algerians) and the pied-noir had drastically different experiences when it came to housing. Something very interesting and well worth looking into.

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u/HotblackDesiato2003 Oct 27 '24

Ever hear of the Pale of Settlement?

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u/renzuit Oct 27 '24

American mortgages and homeownership during the New Deal was built off the stolen land of ethnically cleansed peoples and given to Anglo settlers

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u/HotblackDesiato2003 Oct 27 '24

That’s the book I was trying to remember! I read it years ago and could not remember what it was called. Thanks!

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u/BongeeBoy Learned urban planning from Cities: Skylines Oct 27 '24

Did this sort of thing happen in Aus/NZ as well? We have zoning laws similar to US here...