Tierra y libertad : land, liberty, and Latino housing / Steven W. Bender
- Author
- Bender, Steven
- Published
- New York : New York University Press, [2010]
- Copyright Date
- ©2010
- Physical Description
- ix, 243 pages ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Loss and lettuce : the César Chávez legacy -- Southwest ranchos : land grants and land loss -- Fields of dreams : farm worker housing -- Loss in the tortilla flats -- Lenders and loss : the destructive legacy of subprime mortgages in Latino/a communities -- Exclusion of undocumented immigrants -- Exclusion by public law : zoning laws -- Exclusion by private law : restrictive covenants -- Born in East L.A. : the legacy of loss and exclusion in Southern California -- Little Havana -- Spanish Harlem -- Tierra y libertad : reclaiming individual and collective space -- Policy considerations in formulating housing reform -- Lowering the cost of housing and credit -- Equity for Latino/as and the poor.
- Summary
- "One of the quintessential goals of the American Dream is to own land and a home. a place to raise one's family and prove one's prosperity. Particularly for immigrant families. home ownership is a way to assimilate into American culture and community. However, Latinos, who make up the country's largest minority population, have largely been unable to gain this level of inclusion. Instead, they are forced to cling to the fringes of property rights and ownership through overcrowded rentals, transitory living arrangements, and often home acquisitions through subprime lenders." "In Tierra y Libertad, Steven W. Bender traces the history of Latinos' struggle for adequate housing opportunities, from the nineteenth century to today's anti-immigrant policies and national mortgage crisis. Spanning southwest to northeast, rural to urban, Bender analyzes the legal hurdles that prevent better housing opportunities and offers ways to approach sweeping legal reform. Tierra y Libertad combines historical, cultural, legal, and personal perspectives to document the Latino community's ongoing struggle to make America home."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780814791257 (alk. paper)
0814791255 (alk. paper)
9780814787229 (ebk.)
0814787223 (ebk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-238) and index.
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