The Politics of Staying Put: Condo Conversion and Tenant Right-To-Buy in Washington, DC

When cities gentrify, it can be hard for working-class and low-income residents to stay put. Rising rents...
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Author: Carolyn Gallaher
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The Politics of Staying Put: Condo Conversion and Tenant Right-To-Buy in Washington, DC by Gallaher, Carolyn

The Politics of Staying Put: Condo Conversion and Tenant Right-To-Buy in Washington, DC

¥9,898

The Politics of Staying Put: Condo Conversion and Tenant Right-To-Buy in Washington, DC

¥9,898
Author: Carolyn Gallaher
Format: Paperback
Language: English

When cities gentrify, it can be hard for working-class and low-income residents to stay put. Rising rents and property taxes make buildings unaffordable, or landlords may sell buildings to investors interested in redeveloping them into luxury condos.

In her engaging study The Politics of Staying Put, Carolyn Gallaher focuses on a formal, city-sponsored initiative--The Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)--that helps people keep their homes. This law, unique to the District of Columbia, allows tenants in apartment buildings contracted for sale the right to refuse the sale and purchase the building instead. In the hands of tenants, a process that would usually hurt them--conversion to a condominium or cooperative--can instead help them.

Taking a broad, city-wide assessment of TOPA, Gallaher follows seven buildings through the program's process. She measures the law's level of success and its constraints. Her findingshave relevance for debates in urban affairs about condo conversion, urban local autonomy, and displacement.



Author: Carolyn Gallaher
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 03/15/2016
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781439912652

About the Author

Carolyn Gallaher is Associate Professor in the School of International Service at American University. She is the author of On the Fault Line: Race, Class, and the American Patriot Movement, and Loyalist Paramilitaries in Post-accord Northern Ireland.


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