The Intergenerational and Environmental Consequences of Racialized Time Burdens on Local Anti-Displacement Housing Efforts

• In Event: 30810 - Environmental Policymaking in Uncertain Times

Abstract

In this paper, we expand upon the argument that housing policy is environmental policy by framing housing as an intergenerational environmental justice (IEJ) issue. To do so, we offer IEJ as an evaluative framework that employs life course principles and intersectional considerations of age, time and place. We argue that a greater consideration of racialized time, a key component of IEJ, within local housing policies would strengthen our understanding of cumulative burdens within communities, as climate change increasingly compromises housing quality in predominantly Black neighborhoods. Using this framework, we analyze the policy discourse surrounding Louisville, KY’s ongoing anti-displacement housing efforts to illustrate how a lack of consideration for under-resourced communities’ time fosters housing and environmental inequities.

Authors

• Latrica E. Best, Boston College

• Lauren Heberle, University of Louisville

• Jordan Leigh Gatewood, University of Louisville