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Anchored Yet Displaced: Affordable Housing and Aging in a Gentrifying Place

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In an era of urban gentrification and rising economic inequality, how can policies better address the needs of older city residents who wish to age in place? Drawing on qualitative data from in‐depth interviews and participant observation, as well as US census data from 2010 to 2020, this study explores the perceptions and experiences of older adult residents of two affordable housing complexes in the Manhattan borough of New York City. These residents have aged in place while their surrounding community has grown wealthier and, in some respects, younger. While benefiting from housing security and numerous on‐site services targeting the aged‐in population, the residents nonetheless experience feelings of alienation and estrangement as their surrounding community undergoes physical, social, and cultural changes. This paper theorizes aging in place as an ongoing process of social integration and meaning making to explore issues of identity, housing, and community and to consider how policy can better address the needs of older adults aging within rapidly gentrifying urban contexts. En una era de gentrificación urbana y creciente desigualdad económica, ¿cómo pueden las políticas abordar mejor las necesidades de los residentes mayores de la ciudad que desean envejecer en el lugar? Basándose en datos cualitativos de entrevistas en profundidad y observación participante, así como datos del censo de EE. UU. de 2010 a 2020, este estudio explora las percepciones y experiencias de los adultos mayores residentes de dos complejos de viviendas asequibles en el distrito de Manhattan de la ciudad de Nueva York. Estos residentes han envejecido en el lugar mientras que la comunidad que los rodea se ha vuelto más rica y, en algunos aspectos, más joven. Si bien se benefician de la seguridad de la vivienda y numerosos servicios en el lugar dirigidos a la población de edad avanzada, los residentes experimentan sentimientos de alienación y extrañamiento a medida que la comunidad que los rodea experimenta cambios físicos, sociales y culturales. Este documento teoriza el envejecimiento en el lugar como un proceso continuo de integración social y creación de significado para explorar cuestiones de identidad, vivienda y comunidad y considerar cómo las políticas pueden abordar mejor las necesidades de los adultos mayores que envejecen dentro de contextos urbanos que se están gentrificando rápidamente. 在城市绅士化和经济不平等加剧的时代,政策如何能更好地 满足希望就地养老的老年城市居民的需求?基于从深度访谈 和参与者观察中得出的定性数据以及2010至2020年美国人口 普查数据,本研究探究了纽约市曼哈顿区两个可负担住房小 区的老年居民的感知和经历。这些居民就地养老,同时其周 边社区变得更加富有,并且在某些方面变得更为年轻。虽然 受益于住房保障和针对老年人口的众多现场服务,但随着周 边社区经历物理变化、社会变化和文化变化,老年居民仍然 感到被疏远。本文将就地养老理论化为一个持续的社会融合 和意义创造的过程,用于探究认同、住房和社区问题,并衡 量了政策如何能在迅速绅士化的城市情境中更好地满足老年 人的养老需求。

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  • Brian N. Sweeney, 2022. "Anchored Yet Displaced: Affordable Housing and Aging in a Gentrifying Place," Journal of Elder Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2(1), pages 193-218, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:eldpol:v:2:y:2022:i:1:p:193-218
    DOI: 10.18278/jep.2.1.8
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