1. Introduction Ferentari is a neighborhood in southeast periphery in Sector 5 of Bucharest, Romania with an estimated population of 75,000. Once a marginal area, Ferentari has evolved into one of Bucharest's most marginalized urban zones. Sector 5 is exhibiting the starkest housing inequality in the city, where Ferentari's poverty is neighbouring the affluence of areas such as Cotroceni. Over 20% of its residents, approximately 18,200 people, live below the poverty line (Chyi-Yun Huang et al., 2019). This essay delves into Ferentari's history and current state, analyzing it through the lens of systemic and contingent marginalization theories explained in "Concepts…