Rowan DeJule, Jackie Ryu, Kyla Anderson, and Cameron Cassano
Pennsylvania is experiencing a longstanding housing crisis renewed by current political and economic positions. Racially motivated divisions backed by political frameworks have set the foundation for constrained housing affordability and distribution across generations. Now, with stressors such as inflation and gentrification—especially near university areas—a cycle of poverty and unequal opportunity persists. Two outcomes arise: unaffordability and displacement, leaving families both new and enduring to lose their homes or compromise healthy living choices to afford rent. These issues cycle into one another to keep a lack of affordable housing a problem at a legislative, deep-rooted, prejudiced level all the way to an individual and personal impact scale.
This map is part of the Carnegie Mellon University exhibition and interactive session organised by Luis Garcia, Structured Systems Mapping: Cultivating a practice of critical reflection and collaborative exploration.
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