Over fifty years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, how have mechanisms of residential segregation changed? Using a case study of a Los Angeles suburb’s reaction to Black movement through the federal Housing Choice Voucher program, I argue that policing should be considered among the contemporary forces of residential segregation. Through interviews with forty-three local residents, I show how one community’s reaction to voucher movement spans from attitudes to actions. First, I document widespread hostility towards Black voucher holders on the basis of their race, gender, and participation in the voucher program. Second, I trace how the city’s municipal code changes have responded to public sentiment and created an incentive to participate in policing. By attaching fines and incentives for landlords to evict tenants to broadly written and subjective nuisance codes, the city has created a pathway by which local residents can pressure unwanted neighbors out of the community. Third, I illustrate how some residents engage in participatory policing by surveilling neighbors they believe are using vouchers and dispatching city and police agencies to inspect, fine, and possibly evict these targets. These findings illustrate how communities can use policing to racially segregate space, how eviction might be communally produced, and how local opposition to Black movement breaks the pathway between residential mobility and socio-economic gains that underlies the voucher program.

《公平住房法》通过五十多年后，住宅隔离机制发生了怎样的变化？通过对洛杉矶郊区通过联邦住房选择券计划对黑人运动的反应进行案例研究，我认为应该在当代住宅隔离的力量中考虑警务。通过对 43 名当地居民的采访，我展示了一个社区对代金券运动的反应如何从态度到行动。首先，我记录了基于种族、性别和参与代金券计划的黑人代金券持有人普遍存在的敌意。其次，我追溯了该市的市政法规变更如何响应公众情绪并激发参与警务的动机。通过将房东驱逐租户的罚款和激励措施附加到广泛书面和主观的滋扰代码中，该市创造了一条途径，当地居民可以通过该途径将不受欢迎的邻居赶出社区。第三，我说明了一些居民如何通过监视他们认为使用代金券的邻居并派遣城市和警察机构检查、罚款并可能驱逐这些目标来参与参与式警务。这些发现说明了社区如何使用警务来对空间进行种族隔离，驱逐可能如何共同产生，以及当地对黑人运动的反对如何打破住宅流动性和社会经济收益之间的途径，这是凭证计划的基础。这座城市开辟了一条途径，当地居民可以借此将不受欢迎的邻居赶出社区。第三，我说明了一些居民如何通过监视他们认为使用代金券的邻居并派遣城市和警察机构检查、罚款并可能驱逐这些目标来参与参与式警务。这些发现说明了社区如何使用警务来种族隔离空间，驱逐可能如何共同产生，以及当地对黑人运动的反对如何打破住宅流动性与社会经济收益之间的途径，这是凭证计划的基础。这座城市开辟了一条途径，当地居民可以借此将不受欢迎的邻居赶出社区。第三，我说明了一些居民如何通过监视他们认为使用代金券的邻居并派遣城市和警察机构检查、罚款并可能驱逐这些目标来参与参与式警务。这些发现说明了社区如何使用警务来对空间进行种族隔离，驱逐可能如何共同产生，以及当地对黑人运动的反对如何打破住宅流动性和社会经济收益之间的途径，这是凭证计划的基础。