Housing inequalityとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Housing inequality refers to the differences in the quality of housing that exist within a given society. It has implications for the options available to an individual or family and tends to focus on the negative aspects of inequality. The term may apply regionally across a geographic space, temporally between one generation and the next, or culturally between groups of varying racial or social backgrounds. Housing inequality is directly related to concepts of racial inequality, Social inequality, income inequality, and wealth inequality. In addition, it is the result of a number of different factors including natural market forces, Housing discrimination, and Housing Segregation. Housing inequality is also often linked to discussions of Poverty. This is because it can be seen as both a cause and an effect of poverty. Residential inequality is especially relevant to discussions of poverty when considering Amartya Sen’s definition of poverty as “the deprivation of basic capabilities”.