Blocking new development will only accelerate demand for existing homes The moratorium makes flipping houses even more lucrative Atlanta’s making a major investment in Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry, not far from the Beltline that
Why Atlanta’s anti-gentrification moratorium will backfire Read Post »
Why are there so few studies charting displacement and cultural decline in non-gentrifying neighborhoods? The implicit assumption in most gentrification research is that if a neighborhood doesn’t change, that it stays the same, but almost
Gentrification: the case of the missing counter-factual Read Post »
Gentrification: Â Here’s your all-purpose list, from artists to zoning, of who and what’s to blame We first published this list in 2019, but the search for scapegoats has expanded, and now includes little libraries and
Our updated list from A to Z of everything that causes gentrification Read Post »
For many families, the way out of poverty is to move to a better neighborhood A new study shows modest investments in information combined with supportive services can help them make that move. We need
Get Out!: Moving to a new neighborhood to escape poverty Read Post »
Facts are stubborn things: And they don’t support the folk wisdom equating gentrification with displacement. There’s a palpable and growing amount of cognitive dissonance between the accepted conventional wisdom about the intrinsically evil nature of
CityLab: Everything you think you know about gentrification is wrong Read Post »
Lingering racism holds down property values in majority black neighborhoods For most American households, their home is their largest financial asset; how valuable that asset is, and whether it appreciates has a profound impact on
The devaluation of black neighborhoods: Part 1. Read Post »
