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Constructing Good Landlords and Renters: Implications for Rental Housing Markets

Carrola, Madeline
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721318800781144

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2024, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Sociology.
Amidst rising costs of living and concerns over housing inequality in the United States, attention has focused on the role of landlords and other housing intermediaries. Previous scholars have documented the importance of landlord perceptions of risk and discretionary power on renter experiences. However, less is known about how landlords and renters make sense of their relationships with local government, an entity that impacts rental markets through ordinances and other regulations. Based on 18 in-depth interviews with landlords and renters in San Antonio, TX, I find that landlords and renters perceive government in overlapping and distinct ways. Specifically, local governments figure into the self-construction of landlords, but not the self-constructions of tenants. Rather, other tenants, landlords, and public housing authorities more prominently inform the narratives that renters create about themselves. Furthermore, landlords and renters both engage in strategies to reconstruct themselves as good actors. Their perceptions serve as valuable tools and windows, illuminating the contexts in which landlords and renters operate.
Rachel Dwyer (Committee Chair)
Rin Reczek (Committee Member)
Vincent Roscigno (Committee Member)
39 p.
Sociology

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  • Carrola, M. (2024). Constructing Good Landlords and Renters: Implications for Rental Housing Markets [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721318800781144

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Carrola, Madeline. Constructing Good Landlords and Renters: Implications for Rental Housing Markets. 2024. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721318800781144.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Carrola, Madeline. "Constructing Good Landlords and Renters: Implications for Rental Housing Markets." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721318800781144

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