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Document Type
Report
Publication Date
11-1-2009
Abstract
Tis brief focuses on early social relations in two mixed-income developments, Oakwood Shores and Westhaven Park, that are part of the City of Chicago’s Plan for Transformation. We investigate how diferent residents—relocated public housing residents,2 afordable and market-rate renters, and afordable and market-rate owners—describe and assess their social interactions with their neighbors. We frst discuss three main types of interactions among residents: Casual relations among neighbors; “Instrumental” exchanges of information or favors; Negative interactions. We then explore how these interactions compare to where residents used to live. Finally, we analyze barriers and challenges to interaction.
Keywords
mixed-income communities
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Recommended Citation
Joseph, Mark L., "The Nature of Social Interaction in Mixed-Income Developments" (2009). Faculty Scholarship. 622.
https://commons.case.edu/facultyworks/622