When condominiums first emerged in North American cities in the 1960s, they were a new kind of housing governed by boards of resident owners volunteering in a community. Condo Conquest shows how the condo and its inner governance have since become something else entirely, taken over - or conquered - by an assemblage of commercial interests specializing in condo law, real estate, security, and property management, as well as growing numbers of non-resident investors.
Drawing on the accounts of residents and board directors in Toronto and New York and myriad other sources, Randy Lippert reveals how a growing reliance on commodified technologies, emergent forms of knowledge, and the exploitation of renters are threatening the condo's future and undermining the integrity of urban communities.
| ISBN: | 9780774860369 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2019 |
| Author: | Randy K Lippert |
| Publisher: | UBCPress an imprint of University of British Columbia Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 300 pages |
| Series: | Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Urban communities Urban and municipal planning and policy |
When condominiums first emerged in North American cities in the 1960s, they were a new kind of housing governed by boards of resident owners volunteering in a community. Condo Conquest shows how the condo and its inner governance have since become something else entirely, taken over - or conquered - by an assemblage of commercial interests specializing in condo law, real estate, security, and property management, as well as growing numbers of non-resident investors.
Condo Conquest features in the following genres: Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy
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Condo Conquest was written by Randy K Lippert and published by UBCPress an imprint of University of British Columbia Press
Condo Conquest has 300 pages
Yes it is part of Law and Society series
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