Neighborhood Change

Cities cannot weather the effects of climate change without going beyond infrastructure to address institutional racism, historical inequities, and access to physical and mental health services.

The relationship between pro-building “Yes in My Back Yard” activists, longtime housing advocates, and anti-displacement organizers varies across the country, but has often been fraught with difficulties. Is there a way forward?

We have a limited number of dense core neighborhoods where getting around without a car and without a lengthy daily commute are possible.

The data on the relationship between new development, affordability, and displacement is not nearly as clear-cut as advocates (of all persuasions) often imply.

Who will benefit most from these investments remains the biggest question.

Andrea Gibbons’ City of Segregation shows why empowering capitalist processes and actors is the last thing we should do to fight gentrification.

At their roots, both the arts and community development amplify a people’s voice. And while this connection makes sense on paper, it can look a lot different in practice. We would like to share three insights from our work together that speak to the promise, and peril, of such collaboration.

If Amazon is going to be a good neighbor, it must do the following, at the very least, to mitigate against impediments to fair housing.

The path to winning a pro-equity, pro-growth majority involves more (not less) investment in fighting displacement.

Middle neighborhoods are places where home prices are generally affordable to the average household. But, these neighborhoods are often on the edge between growth and decline.

In some communities, diverse economic networks have been and remain critical to the ability of community members to survive and thrive.

Vacant properties are a serious problem in two kinds of neighborhoods. To address them, we need to know which kind we’re looking at.