Tierra y libertad : land, liberty, and Latino housing / Steven W. Bender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bender, Steven.

Series:

Citizenship and migration in the Americas.

Citizenship and migration in the americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Housing.

Hispanic Americans.

American Dream.

Immigrants--United States.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

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, at best, 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Loss and Lettuce The César Chávez Legacy

2. Southwest Ranchos

3. Fields of Dreams

4. Loss in the Tortilla Flats

5. Lenders and Loss

6. Exclusion of Undocumented Immigrants

7. Exclusion by Public Law

8. Exclusion by Private Law

9. Born in East L.A.

10. Little Havana

11. Spanish Harlem

12. Tierra y Libertad

13. Policy Considerations in Formulating Housing Reform

14. Lowering the Cost of Housing and Credit

15. Equity for Latino/as and the Poor

Conclusion

Notes

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814739136

081473913X

9780814787229

0814787223

OCLC:

782878116