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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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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…

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

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…
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.

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.
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
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.

Shelter Shorts: The Week in Community Development, Jan. 5
2018 Housing predictions | Gentrification News | Local Resistance | Unlikely inspiration for planners

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.

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.

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.
