Single-Parent Latinas on the Margin: Seeking a Room with a View, Meals, and Built-in Community

Authors

Laura M. Padilla, California Western School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1998

Abstract

This article considers the unique challenges of single parent Latinas and and a different way of viewing concerns of single parents. This alternative paradigm uses a holistic approach to the problems I had been pondering, acknowledging their interconnectedness, rather than artificially segmenting them into disjointed issues. I visualized a multi-pronged approach to Latina mothers' many concerns, based on a cohousing model, as modified for the needs of a low-income, racially distinct population of single-parent Latinas. It describes co-housing and proposes that this housing model be more broadly accessible through land use changes and greater acceptance of housing beyond single family homes.

Recommended Citation

Laura M. Padilla, Single-Parent Latinas on the Margin: Seeking a Room with a View, Meals, and Built-in Community, 13 Wis. Women's L.J. 179 (1998).
Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/fs/328