Three recent studies imply that gentrification does not cause displacement. Not so, argues an article in Shelterforce Magazine and outlines what it takes to help people stay when the community improves.
As the real estate market gets hotter and hotter, gentrification is occurring all over the country. While some say this is actually a good thing for low-income communities, the evidence remains that poor people struggle to find benefits from the process. This article examines how residents in Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York are battling displacement. Some residents count on traditional government aid such as rent subsidies to stay in their homes, but others are forced to ask friends and family to take them in or to live in substandard housing.
Thanks to David Holtzman
Read the full story: Gentrification and Resistance in New York City
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California plans to bury El Niño’s downpour
If the state plays its cards right, it may be able to store a billion acre-feet of El Niño’s water in aquifers.
Desperate measures: Advocates weigh draining Lake Powell to fill Colorado River
Draining the reservoir could reduce evaporation losses by a couple hundred thousand acre-feet.
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Eastern Nebraska is running out of electricity
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Seattle passes record-breaking transit services expansion
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FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
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Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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