San Francisco was the most intensely gentrified city in America from 2013 to 2017, a new study found. But the emergence of COVID-19 exposed deep economic and social fault lines nationwide. While a small number of cities were booming, most were not.
COVID-19 exposed deep economic and social fault lines nationwide. It also underscored what was already going on before it: While a small number of cities were booming, most were not. In a new report on gentrification and disinvestment, covering data from 2012 through 2017, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) found that gentrification of once
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Gentrification and Disinvestment 2020 COVID-19 struck a nation that was already mostly struggling. Do Opportunity Zones benefit or gentrify low-income neighborhoods? Jason Richardson, Director, Research & Evaluation, NCRCBruce Mitchell, Ph.D., Senior Research Analyst, NCRCJad Edlebi, GIS Specialist, NCRC June 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COVID-19 exposed deep economic and social fault lines nationwide, with profound implications for
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Long an outlier in Toronto’s feverish property wars, Parkdale’s deep-seated problems were being turned around by its Tibetan community – but then the huge global real estate firms rolled in.
Disinvestment, Discouragement and Inequity In Small Business Lending Amber Lee, Fair Lending Manager, NCRCBruce Mitchell, PhD., Senior Research Analyst, NCRCAnneliese Lederer, Director of Fair Lending & Consumer Protection, NCRC In cooperation with:Jerome Williams, Rutgers University; Sterling Bone, Utah State University; Glenn Christensen, Brigham Young University Download Report Executive Summary Small businesses are vital to the
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On the eve of Washington, D.C., and the National Capital Region’s 2019 Pride festivities, 1,000 self-described dykes took to the streets on June 7 to protest displacement in the city, bringing the Dyke March back to D.C. for the first time in 12 years.
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The primarily African American Jackson Ward neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, has been swiftly gentrified. While some historical aspects have been forgotten, other areas have seen promising improvements. Overall, the changes to this community have been a mixed bag as some community members have benefited from the changes to home wealth, while others have been forced out.
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An OpEd in the Washington Post by NCRC CEO Jesse Van Tol, April 8, 2019: Yes, you can gentrify a neighborhood without pushing out poor people When rich people move in, they often displace residents. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Neighborhoods have been developing and changing since the dawn of civilization, but
Join us Wednesday, March 27, at 2:00 pm (EST) on Facebook for a live discussion on our new report, “Shifting neighborhoods: Gentrification and cultural displacement in American cities.”
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This essay is part of a series that accompanies NCRC’s 2019 study on gentrification and cultural displacement. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NCRC. Gentrification is a policy-driven process that begins with targeting low-income, urban communities for discrimination and neglect and ends with “improvements”
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This essay is part of a series that accompanies NCRC’s 2019 study on gentrification and cultural displacement. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NCRC. Portland, the largest city in the state of Oregon, is reputed to be the whitest city of its size in the United
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Shifting Neighborhoods Gentrification and cultural displacement in American cities [mashshare] Jason Richardson, Director, Research & Evaluation, NCRCBruce Mitchell, Ph.D., Senior Research Analyst, NCRCJuan Franco, Senior GIS Specialist, NCRC March 19, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gentrification is a powerful force for economic change in our cities, but it is often accompanied by extreme and unnecessary cultural
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Seven cities accounted for nearly half of the gentrification nationally: New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Diego and Chicago.
A new kind of investment fund with special tax incentives could steer billions in private capital to some low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
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Adam Looney looks at early results of which neighborhoods states are designating Opportunity Zones.
