Caught in the crossfire: Public housing and race in Houston
by Whitsitt, Carolyn Elizabeth, M.A., STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY, 2011, 110 pages; 1504181

Abstract:

This thesis examines the twenty-year legal battle between the Housing Authority of the City of Houston (HACH) and the tenants of Allen Parkway Village (APV), a public housing project located in downtown Houston's Fourth Ward. In the 1970s, HACH made plans to demolish APV and sell the real estate to private developers interested in the location for its proximity to Houston's Central Business District. Yet, the Fourth Ward's African-American community, determined to preserve the area's rich heritage and aware that demolition of APV would open the entire Fourth Ward up to redevelopment, strongly opposed the city's plans. Thus, in anticipation of significant profit from the demolition and sale of APV, the housing authority illegally moved Vietnamese refugees into APV ahead of African-American applicants. HACH practiced racial "steering"---the deliberate attempt to control the racial demography of an area, to weaken political resistance of the residents and the surrounding Fourth Ward.

 
AdviserPaul Sandul
SchoolSTEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 50-02, p. , Oct 2011
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsBlack history; American history; Ethnic studies; Urban planning
Publication Number1504181
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