Gentrification
Boise Residents Revolt Over Planned CVS
A huge public response shows that the booming city is defining a new future with smart growth.
How to Create More Affordable Housing in Philadelphia
Eliminating parking minimums and reforming Philadelphia's tax abatement program could do a lot in making Philadelphia affordable, Inga Saffron argues.
When Post-Recession Development Causes Political Controversy
Denver provides a case study of a city's politics reckoning with the pace of development in a post-recession real estate market.
Spike Lee Takes on Gentrification in Netflix Series
In an update to his 1986 movie "She's Gotta Have It," Spike Lee confronts the ways Brooklyn has changed since then, gentrification and racial tension included.
When Whites Return to the Black Neighborhoods They Fled
Los Angeles Times op-ed writer Erin Aubry Kaplan shares her feelings upon seeing whites return to Inglewood, California half a century after they fled. One consistent theme emerges: "Whatever black people have can be taken away."
South L.A. Community Plans Tackle Gentrification
As public and private investment grow in South L.A., new community plans mark a victory for local organizers seeking to prevent displacement.
Who Opposes New York's BQX Streetcar? Not Who You Think
Brooklyn and Queens need better transit, but activists say this waterfront "luxury trolley" is not the way to get it.
Bay Area Displacement Spreads to Sacramento
A new study finds evidence that the ripple effect from the San Francisco Bay Area's housing affordability crisis has reached all the way to Sacramento.
Durham Struggles With Evictions as Housing Market Rises
Durham, North Carolina might not be the city you expect to hear about when the conversation turns to a wave of evictions driving residents from their homes as post-Recession development remakes the market.
The 'Deliberately Unkind' Public Art of the High Line
"You could be forgiven for reading the art as a message to less-than-opulent New Yorkers: You’ve lost your place," writes Michael Friedman.
Study: Economic Displacement Is Bad for Transit Ridership
A TriMet transit agency analysis has identified a culprit in the decline of transit ridership in Portland: gentrification and displacement.
Streetcar Gentrification Fears in Milwaukee
Residents and stakeholders in Milwaukee welcome a proposed streetcar but are wary of gentrification
David Simon on the Uniqueness of New York
The creator of "The Wire" talks to CityLab about "The Deuce," New York City in the 1970s, and how strategies for one town won't always work for another.
Navigating the Unchartered Waters of U.S. Housing Policy: Current Challenges and Solutions
Vincent Reina, Penn IUR Faculty Fellow, writes about the current state of U.S. housing policy.
Study: Urban Renters Move Often, and Voluntarily
The usual narrative of gentrification and displacement often assumes a static population. According to this study, urban renters move around very frequently, and most (but not all) of their moves are voluntary.
Study: Integrated Neighborhoods More Common Across the U.S.
A Harvard study suggests that since 2000, the number of Americans living in racially integrated neighborhoods has risen. But this may be a temporary effect of gentrification, and integration remains an exception to the rule.
Startup Allows People To Invest In Affordable Housing
New tool empowers neighbors to invest in their forgotten neighborhoods, and create wealth while doing so.
Blight Is a Bad Word
What makes one building worth saving and another worth destroying? Strong Towns' Rachel Quednau explores the line between destruction and preservation.
Property Tax Relief for Longtime Residents Impacted by Gentrification
The city of Lexington in Kentucky is looking for ways to insulate long-time residents from rising property tax bills.
Bad Optics: The 606 Bike Trail Closed for an Upscale, Private Dinner
Chicago's 606 has proven popular among pedestrians, but the rise in property values near the amentity has made some feel unwelcome near the trail. Closing a stretch of the trail for a $200-a-plate dinner only makes that worse.
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