RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Using Urban Renewal Records to Advance Reparative Justice
JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
FD Russell Sage Foundation
SP 113
OP 131
DO 10.7758/RSF.2024.10.2.05
VO 10
IS 2
A1 Pfau, Ann
A1 Lawlor, Kathleen
A1 Hochfelder, David
A1 Sewell, Stacy Kinlock
YR 2024
UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/10/2/113.abstract
AB By describing how the federal urban renewal program harmed displaced tenants and property owners, this article intends to encourage discussion of potential remedies by study groups, commissions, and community activists. In addition to loss of property, these harms include inadequate reimbursement payments, diminished business and rental income, and higher post-relocation housing costs. Using Kingston and Newburgh, New York, and Asheville, North Carolina, as case studies, the article demonstrates how researchers can document the need for reparative justice policies using historical data drawn from local archival collections.