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The front exterior of a bodega/deli in Brooklyn, New York. A large sign says GOD BLESS in 3D red-and-white capital letters. An awning advertises products sold at the deli, including cold cuts and Mediterranean food.

Poem: God Bless Deli Speaks to My Now Gentrified Neighborhood

Scientist, poet, and educator Usman Hameedi reads one of his poems about gentrification in New York City.

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Community Development Field

Shelter Shorts—The Week in Community Development, April 20

NIMBYs, YIMBYs, PHIMBYs-Oh My! | Can Algorithms Make Equitable Cities? | Retail Segregation Takes a Toll | E.R. Visits and “Tough” Neighborhoods | Enough Innovation Already | More…

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Community Development Field

Shelter Shorts—The Week in Community Development, April 13

Really, YIMBYs? | TOD Without Displacement | Tracking 80 Million Evictions | MLK’s Campaign, Revitalized | Airbnb Hastening Demise of NOLA Culture? | Bike “Borrowing” for Equity | More

barbershop storefront
Community Development Field

Shelter Shorts—The Week in Community Development, March 23

Omnibus Bill is Good for HUD | Barbershops are Good for Black Health | Kushner Tries to Make Rent-Reg Units Disappear | The U.S. is Quicksand for Black Boys | Not a Gap, a Chasm | More…

Review

The Gentrification Will Be Televised

The North Pole opens discussion between residents of gentrifying neighborhoods and elevates the personal stories and memories of those being displaced.

girl and boy symbols painted on a wall.
Equity

Could Gentrification Be Changing D.C. Schools for the Better?

While gentrification’s benefits and drawbacks have been discussed at length, one aspect has been largely overlooked: its effect on neighborhood schools.

Mission Street, San Francisco
Housing

Shelter Shorts—The Week in Community Development-Feb. 16

Gentrification’s Off the Hook | Double Housing Discrimination | Medical Care for the Homeless | It’s Still Expensive to be Poor | A Robust Economy Lifts “Some” Boats

Painted gentrification sign on wall
Community Development Field

Who Gets to Live Where, and Why? The Answer May Be Settled By Our Narratives

Why housing messaging is backfiring and recommendations on how to change course.

An African-American man in blue T-shirt and shorts, carry full shopping bags approaches the top of a ramp, where he is greeting by a white woman in a multicolored blouse. Two other people with belongings follow him up the ramp.
Community Development Field

Shelter Shorts: The Week in Community Development, Jan. 5

2018 Housing predictions | Gentrification News | Local Resistance | Unlikely inspiration for planners

Word "stale" spray-painted on side of train car.
Housing

Oft-Quoted Studies Saying Gentrification Doesn’t Cause Displacement Are “Glaringly Stale”

Oft-cited study concerns 1990s renters already paying huge portions of their income on housing.

Housing

Affordability at a Cost: What We Can Learn from Mobility Patterns

East New York has historically been one of the most affordable neighborhoods in New York City. But an influx of wealthier newcomers and rising prices citywide is beginning to change that.

sign defining "gentrification"
Housing

Say It Loud: Renters’ Rights are Civil Rights!

Private developers and public agencies are finally investing in neighborhoods near transit and jobs—where many low-income communities of color have lived for generations—and as a result, are being pushed out just as resources in their neighborhoods are increasing.

Man with a cane stands at the top of set of stairs in a park .
Poetry

Poem: “Gentrification”

I have seen a neighborhood eat itself for dinner