The demolition and replacement of social housing with mixed income communities is thought to mitigate the harmful effects of growing up in geographical concentrations of poverty and improve the life chances of low-income populations. However, there is little evidence on how young people are impacted by mixed communities regeneration prevalent in many cities across the Western world. This paper examines the mechanisms through which the capabilities of low-income young people are influenced by transforming their social housing estate into a mixed income community. It draws on participatory research with teenagers and adult stakeholders in a London mixed income neighbourhood. The findings suggest that mixed communities regeneration perpetuates the social injustices that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds experience in the city. The paper identifies and unpacks the mechanisms of stigmatisation, exclusion, social inequalities, community fragmentation and marginalisation of youth voices implicated in these injustices. These mechanisms constrain many of the capabilities young people value including their ability to benefit from their neighbourhood’s regeneration.

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为什么混合社区重建未能改善低收入年轻人的生活


拆除社会住房并用混合收入社区替代被认为可以减轻在贫困地区集中成长的有害影响，并改善低收入人口的生活机会。然而，几乎没有证据表明西方世界许多城市普遍存在的混合社区重建对年轻人有何影响。本文探讨了低收入年轻人的能力因将社会住房转变为混合收入社区而受到影响的机制。它借鉴了伦敦混合收入社区青少年和成人利益相关者的参与性研究。研究结果表明，混合社区的重建使来自弱势背景的年轻人在城市中经历的社会不公正现象长期存在。该论文确定并揭示了这些不公正现象所涉及的污名化、排斥、社会不平等、社区分裂和青年声音边缘化的机制。这些机制限制了年轻人重视的许多能力，包括他们从社区复兴中受益的能力。