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Cityscape: Volume 24 Number 2 | Measuring Blight

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Measuring Blight

Volume 24 Number 2

Editors
Mark D. Shroder
Michelle P. Matuga

Incorporating Equity into HUD’s Learning Agenda: Thoughts on Studying Structure

Philip M.E. Garboden
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa


This article presents informal recommendations for incorporating equity principles into the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Learning Agenda. An understanding of social and economic structures is essential for understanding contemporary inequities. This article presents several recommendations for how to understand the structural barriers faced by traditionally marginalized groups. Also noted is the importance of taking an intersectional perspective on housing discrimination research.


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