Title Excluded : how snob zoning, NIMBYism, and class bias build the walls we don't see / Richard D. Kahlenberg.

Publication Info.	New York : PublicAffairs, 2023.
	©2023

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Edition	First edition.
Description	xii, 338 pages ; 18 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-324) and index.
Summary	"The last, acceptable form of prejudice in America is based on class and executed through state-sponsored economic discrimination, which is hard to see because it is much more subtle than raw racism. While the American meritocracy officially denounces prejudice based on race and gender, it has spawned a new form of bias against those with less education and income. Millions of working-class Americans have their opportunity blocked by exclusionary snob zoning. These government policies make housing unaffordable, frustrate the goals of the civil rights movement, and lock in inequality in our urban and suburban landscapes. Through moving accounts of families excluded from economic and social opportunity as they are hemmed in through "new redlining" that limits the type of housing that can be built, Richard Kahlenberg vividly illustrates why America has a housing crisis. He also illustrates why economic segregation matters since where you live affects access to transportation, employment opportunities, decent health care, and good schools. He shows that housing choice has been socially engineered to the benefit of the affluent, and, that astonishingly the most restrictive zoning is found in politically liberal cities where racial views are more progressive"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Zoning -- United States.
	Social classes -- United States.
	Social status -- United States.
	NIMBY syndrome -- United States.
	Selfishness -- United States.
	Housing policy -- United States.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.
	Housing policy. (OCoLC)fst00962432
	NIMBY syndrome. (OCoLC)fst01032094
	Selfishness. (OCoLC)fst01111948
	Social classes. (OCoLC)fst01122346
	Social status. (OCoLC)fst01123359
	Zoning. (OCoLC)fst01184615
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN	9781541701465 (hardcover)
	1541701461 (hardcover)
	9781541701489 (ebook)

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