Chapter 6 Practice Test Questions

Access to Housing and Transportation
  1. What is the “cycle of poverty”? How do housing issues make it difficult to escape?
  1. What unique challenges in finding adequate housing are faced by each of the following groups?
    • racialized people
    • LGBTQ+ people
    • seniors
    • youth
    • women
    • immigrants
    • Indigenous Peoples
    • people living with disabilities
  1. Define gentrification and ghettoization. How are these two processes different, and how are they similar?
  1. What difficulties can arise when an area does not have adequate transit infrastructure in place?
  1. How does Habitat for Humanity provide housing to disadvantaged people at an affordable cost?
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