Centuries-old economic and racial injustices have molded our federal housing assistance. From the way we construct public housing whether it has access to high- quality amenities or is built segregated from opportunities to the stringent policies that dictate eligibility, the federal government dictates who deserves housing assistance along racial and class lines. The result is the policing of housing projects through two mechanisms. First, police forces perpetuate the criminalization of Black and Latinx people, further fueling our carceral system.
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Managing Editor, Volume 170, University of Pennsylvania Law Review; J.D. Candidate, 2022, University of Pennsylvania Law School; B.A., 2017, University of Texas at El Paso.
Reframing the “Deserving” Tenant: The Abolition of a Policed Public Housing
Centuries-old economic and racial injustices have molded our federal housing
assistance. From the way we construct public housing whether it has access to high-
quality amenities or is built segregated from opportunities to the stringent policies
that dictate eligibility, the federal government dictates who deserves housing
assistance along racial and class lines. The result is the policing of housing projects
through two mechanisms. First, police forces perpetuate the criminalization of Black
and Latinx people, further fueling our carceral system.