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    historically been a reaction against the growing predominance of suburbanization within the city as a whole, and it marks the attitudes of people who want to get into a more exciting environment, London (Butler, 2007:765). 3. Much of the area which was gentrified in this case was unused industrial space. This means that, opposed to most other cases of gentrification, there was no displacement of the original population (Boddy, 2007). This makes the early view of the gentrification look good because there are no victims of the gentrification at all. This means that the gentrification could have been amazing for the people living in the Docklands because they only experience the benefits of the gentrification without having to fear for their own housing loss which often happens in other cases. 4. The LDDC was established to ensure that the prime real estate sites were kept for private use. Also, those companies which wished to develop on these sites would be given unrestricted access and choice in how they used this land (Thornley, 1991:173). 5. Noted difference in how the newly gentrified areas designed their buildings. “The design of the buildings in Docklands is visually extremely heterogeneous with a true pastiche of styles largely build around private space rather than along the traditional public space of the street” (Tonkiss, 2005, 87). 6. “In practice, there was no overall design brief and, in line with the LDDC’s ‘light touch’ approach, developers were largely left…

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    Competitor 1: Hearthside Home Care Hearthside Home Care is a small business, founded in 1999, that is located on Spring Garden Street in Greensboro, NC. Their founder and president, Tina Glenn, is a health professional with over 27 years of experience throughout the medical spectrum, including long term facility care as well as community-based care. They are not as spread out as Caring Group, instead focusing on the immediate Greensboro area. Another difference between Hearthside and Caring…

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    Talk about the pros and cons of homeowner associations Before we talk about the pros and cons of a homeowner association, let us identity what a homeowner association is first. Homeowner Association or HOA is formed by a real estate developer for the purpose of marketing, managing, and selling of homes and lots in a residential subdivision. After selling a predetermined number of lots, the developer transfers the ownership of the association to the homeowners. If you bought a house in a…

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    Introduction In the next several years, there is going to be a huge increase in the population of older adults. Because of this, financial resources are going to be stretched thin, long term care facilities are going to be overly population, and older adult will outnumber caregivers by immense amounts. Aging in place is one major way to help prevent these things from happening to the older adult population. Over 95% of older adults agree and would rather stay in their homes then being moved…

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    Adams Funeral Home

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    Adams Funeral Homes has endured many challenges since its inception in 1874. Overall, both the family and business have been successful in overcoming these challenges thus far. This memo will address the recent improvements that have taken place, identify the current issues facing the business, and make recommendations that address these issues in an effective manner. There are many obstacles that the family and business have had to overcome. Some of the obstacles that the business has had to…

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    Housing Discrimination

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    Coalition(2016), housing discrimination affects people of all races, ethnicities, national origins and religions. Women, people with disabilities and families with children may also face barriers to their fair housing rights. For many families, discrimination in housing was brought to the forefront in the 1960s. In the United States before 1968, laws were not established to protect minorities from inequality and discrimination that occurred when attempting to purchase a house, or apartment.…

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    Housing Gentrification

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    development, and market interests seek to transform and gentrify the city (Rosen and Sullivan). Having a wealthier neighborhood treats lower socio-economic residents poorly because it displaces them to undesirable locations. In San Francisco, Silicon Valley's tech boom has driven up evictions, displacing residents to move inland into the east bay (Kloc). Some neighborhoods in the Peninsula and surrounding communities have lost nearly a quarter of their already small low-income communities over…

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    Affordable housing has recently come under scrutiny as new changes are currently being proposed as to their definition, availability and affordability. Our Government acknowledges that we have a shortage of affordable housing within England and Wales and new proposals have caused much controversy as to the definition of such homes, with many concerned that these new plans will only increase the housing crisis that we are currently facing (Foster, 2016). Local authorities are being given more…

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    affordable housing, but several decades later, it ended up as a ruined relic of the past. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city, specifically that of St Louis, Missouri, in the developing era after the second world war, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development team and the residents of St. Louis who called the complex home. After WW2, many residents (specifically American whites) began to move to suburbia, phenomena known today as…

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    A Raisin In The Sun Essay

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    uncle, William Leo Hansberry, was a scholar of African studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Racial discrimination played a big role in shaping Hansberry into a playwright. “Somewhat Like War” compares to Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun in many ways. The first mentioned is Hansberry’s living situation. Her family lived in an all-white neighborhood, and her family faced discrimination head on (Gordon 121). They were treated with less respect and fairness than their neighbors.They…

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