Manufactured Insecurity : Mobile Home Parks and Americans’ Tenuous Right to Place

__Manufactured Insecurity__ is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth investigation of the social, legal, geospatial, and market forces that intersect to create housing insecurity for an entire class of low-income residents. Drawing on rich ethnographic data collected before, during, and after mobile home park closures and community-wide evictions in Florida and Texas—the two states with the largest mobile home populations—__Manufactured Insecurity__ forces social scientists and policymakers to respond to a fundamental question: how do the poor access and retain secure housing in the face of widespread poverty, deepening inequality, and scarce legal protection? With important contributions to urban sociology, housing studies, planning, and public policy, the book provides a broader understanding of inequality and social welfare in the United States today. Manufactured Insecurity Is The First Book To Document The Sociolegal And Geospatial Forces That Shape Life In The Mobile Home Park, As Well As The Catalytic Moments Of Upheaval That Occur When Mobile Home Parks Are Redeveloped And Entire Communities Are Displaced. Drawing On Rich Ethnographic Data Gathered Before, During, And After Mobile Home Park Closures In The Two States With The Largest Mobile Home Populations, Manufactured Insecurity Investigates How Social, Legal, And Market Forces Intersect To Create Housing Insecurity For An Entire Class Of Low-income Residents--provided By Publisher. Introduction : Halfway Homeowners -- The Mobile Home In America And Americana -- Socio-spatial Stigma And Trailer Trash -- Daily Life Under The Specter Of Dislocation -- We Are Not For Sure Wherever We Are -- Relocation And The Paradox Of State Interventions -- Communities As Currency Within The Mobile Home Empire. Esther Sullivan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Manufactured Insecurity is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth investigation of the social, legal, geospatial, and market forces that intersect to create housing insecurity for an entire class of low-income residents. Drawing on rich ethnographic data collected before, during, and after mobile home park closures and community-wide evictions in Florida and Texas—the two states with the largest mobile home populations—Manufactured Insecurity forces social scientists and policymakers to respond to a fundamental question: how do the poor access and retain secure housing in the face of widespread poverty, deepening inequality, and scarce legal protection? With important contributions to urban sociology, housing studies, planning, and public policy, the book provides a broader understanding of inequality and social welfare in the United States today. Manufactured Insecurity is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth investigation of the social, legal, geospatial, and market forces that intersect to create housing insecurity for an entire class of low-income residents. Drawing on rich ethnographic data collected before, during, and after mobile home park closures and community-wide evictions in Florida and Texas—the two states with the largest mobile home populations— Manufactured Insecurity forces social scientists and policymakers to respond to a fundamental question: how do the poor access and retain secure housing in the face of widespread poverty, deepening inequality, and scarce legal protection? With important contributions to urban sociology, housing studies, planning, and public policy, the book provides a broader understanding of inequality and social welfare in the United States today. Cover......Page 1 Manufactured Insecurity......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 PROLOGUE......Page 16 INTRODUCTION: HALFWAY HOMEOWNERS......Page 27 1. THE MOBILE HOME IN AMERICA AND AMERICANA......Page 46 2. SOCIO-SPATIAL STIGMA AND TRAILER TRASH......Page 68 3. DAILY LIFE UNDER THE SPECTER OF DISLOCATION......Page 90 4. “WE ARE NOT FOR SURE WHEREVER WE ARE”......Page 115 5. RELOCATIONS AND THE PARADOX OF STATE INTERVENTIONS......Page 141 6. COMMUNITIES AS CURRENCY WITHIN THE MOBILE HOME EMPIRE......Page 174 CONCLUSION......Page 201 Methodological Appendix......Page 220 Notes......Page 238 References......Page 248 Index......Page 262