In academic research, neighbour relationships are generally viewed as either absent – having been gradually eroded by processes of mobility and privatisation – or as positive in the way they engender greater levels of community resilience, neighbourhood attachment and reduced fear of crime. Yet, less is known about the negative side of neighbouring or of...

For areas where social housing is clustered, the effect is a concentration of poverty, disadvantage and social problems, along with a stigmatised identity for both the place and its residents. This paper illustrates these contestations by identifying the competing discourses surrounding a planned social housing renewal program in Logan in Queensland.

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