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This introductory chapter highlights New York City’s social democratic character in terms of political participation. The significance of public housing as a home to live for vulnerable communities of color is identified.

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    I refer here to the Occupy Wall Street Slogan “We are the 99%!”.

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    The data is part of my Ph.D research and therefore to be seen under this project: [1] https://www.researchgate.net/project/Changing-New-York-A-Community-Transforming-An-Ethnography-of-a-Public-Housing-Estate-undergoing-private-infill last accessed 01/15/2020.

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Zamzow, B. (2020). Introduction. In: Housing Policy and Vulnerable Families in The Inner City. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42849-5_1

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