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In the 1980s, suburban spaces became the destination of many lower middle class households becoming property owners. If these spaces are often opposed to “social habitat” neighborhoods, the local policies associated with them are little understood. Based on the case of a suburban community, this article traces the logics that have led local elected officials to privilege a single-family home type of urbanization. It then focuses on the different forms of control exercised over the settlement, some of which are institutionalized while others are more informal. The refusal of project housing and the support brought to local socialization networks then translate into the rejection of social categories that remain stigmatized because they are associated with racialized or pauperized groups. As a result, these practices lead to the emergence of a residential form of in-group sociality shared by many white lower middle class households seeking social status.