Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Understanding the Divergent Logics of Landlords: Circumstantial versus Deliberate Pathways

Understanding the Divergent Logics of Landlords: Circumstantial versus Deliberate Pathways Abstract Landlords are important gatekeepers in the rental market, and scholars have studied landlord perceptions across different markets. But differences between landlord logics within a market, which drive landlord behaviors, have been largely unexamined. Drawing chiefly on 30 in–depth landlord interviews and 20 observations with property managers in Philadelphia, I argue that landlords exhibit a range of logics. When faced with rental market decisions, some employ profit–maximizing criteria, whereas others consider social closeness with tenants or the meanings of properties. These differences relate to pathways into property ownership: landlords who obtain property circumstantially focus on profit maximization less than those who purchase property deliberately to pursue profits. This paper extends our understanding of landlords, connecting their pathways to a range of logics within a single market context. It also suggests that policies should consider the logics of landlords they seek to influence. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City and Community SAGE

Understanding the Divergent Logics of Landlords: Circumstantial versus Deliberate Pathways

Shiffer–Sebba, Doron
City and Community , Volume 19 (4): 1 – Mar 7, 2021
Download PDF
27 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/sage/understanding-the-divergent-logics-of-landlords-circumstantial-versus-QBtiIgccek

References (86)

Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© 2020 American Sociological Association
ISSN
1535-6841
eISSN
1540-6040
DOI
10.1111/cico.12490
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Abstract Landlords are important gatekeepers in the rental market, and scholars have studied landlord perceptions across different markets. But differences between landlord logics within a market, which drive landlord behaviors, have been largely unexamined. Drawing chiefly on 30 in–depth landlord interviews and 20 observations with property managers in Philadelphia, I argue that landlords exhibit a range of logics. When faced with rental market decisions, some employ profit–maximizing criteria, whereas others consider social closeness with tenants or the meanings of properties. These differences relate to pathways into property ownership: landlords who obtain property circumstantially focus on profit maximization less than those who purchase property deliberately to pursue profits. This paper extends our understanding of landlords, connecting their pathways to a range of logics within a single market context. It also suggests that policies should consider the logics of landlords they seek to influence.

Journal

City and Community – SAGE

Published: Mar 7, 2021

There are no references for this article.