Sink estates are not sunk - they're starved of funding
A Guardian comment piece arguing that estate policy should focus on public investment, amenities, and structural inequality rather than blaming residents.
This article challenges the rhetoric around so-called sink estates by arguing that the deeper problem lies in disinvestment, weak public infrastructure, and place-based inequality rather than in residents themselves.
It sits within a broader concern running through Victoria Pinoncely's work: urban policy needs to take institutions, place, and social conditions seriously rather than reducing complex local realities to behavioural explanations.
The original piece was published by The Guardian on 11 May 2016.