Based on the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s study on gentrification they concluded the following:
Gentrification and displacement of long-time residents is most intense in the nation’s biggest cities, and rare in most other places.
Displacement of black and Hispanic residents accompanied gentrification in many places and impacted at least 135,000 people in our study period. In Washington, D.C., 20,000 black residents were displaced, and in Portland, Oregon, 13 percent of the black community was displaced over the decade.
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Part One: Discuss the following questions.
1. Do you consider gentrification to be beneficial to communities? Why or why not?
2. Have you experienced the effects of gentrification in your local community?
3.What do you think are some ways the reduction of displaced residents can be decreased in gentrified communities?