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published on March 26, 2021
Joshua Mousie, Gabriel Eisen, Mahaa Mahmood
https://doi.org/10.5840/envirophil2021325106
How Do Houses Make the Political Possible?
We develop the concept ¡°political residency¡± in this essay to highlight both the foundational role of built environments in our political life as well as how access to, and displacement from, built environments is therefore a central feature of political harms and goods. The example of housing and housing displacement is instructive for developing our concept because it is central to most people¡¯s everyday life, yet residential security and stability¡ªhaving control with other inhabitants over shared, built spaces¡ªis often missing from peoples¡¯ lives, especially those who are most socially and politically vulnerable.