Gentrification Archives - Page 8 of 15

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Everyone knows higher rents have forced many families out of their apartments in rapidly gentrifying Bushwick. But no one has bothered to count them or figure out where they went.

ByNeil deMause 4Comments

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Apr 2015

Uncategorized

Brooklyn Community Services Hosts Panel on East New York

Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) hosted its panel discussion “Brooklyn Stand Up! The Future of East New York. Panel discussed topics including housing, the critical need of basic services, jobs…

Bywearebcs 1Comment

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness Video

Fear of City’s ‘Good Plan’ for Housing

The lower-income, working-class people along the Jerome Avenue corridor are among the New Yorkers most in need of affordable housing. So why is there so much skepticism about the mayor’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

11

Feb 2015

Housing and Homelessness

East New York Groups Want Details on Housing Plan

It’s not quite right to say that East New York advocates are opposed to the mayor’s plan to develop the area. It’s not quite right to say that they’re satisfied…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Jan 2015

Uncategorized

Your Take on Gentrification: The Survey Results

The vast majority of the 188 responses to last week’s gentrification survey view the “g” word as problematic, but there was disagreement about exactly what’s wrong with it, whether there’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

13

Jan 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Where Exactly Do You Stand on Gentrification?

Our survey tries to capture some of the complexity in a debate that is anything but simple.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Dec 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Bronx BP Disses Anarchists and Gives a New View on Gentrification

Ruben Diaz, Jr. believes new affordable housing must serve people with relatively high incomes—not to attract that crowd, but to keep them from leaving.

ByJarrett Murphy 16Comments

05

Dec 2014

In Depth

UrbaNERD: Are Gentrification Fears Overblown?

New research suggests high poverty is a bigger threat to cities. More on that, shoddy charter school finances, tuition assistance that falls short, a vulnerable neighborhood and a new Census…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Brooklyn Tenants Battle Gentrification on Many Fronts

You can debate whether gentrification is good or bad for neighborhoods. But it’s clear that many low-income tenants aren’t simply sitting and waiting to be pushed out of their homes.

ByIan Marsh 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Mixed Views of Gentrification's Threat in East New York

The area’s improvement—thanks to community action and city policy—is undeniable. What’s debated is whether the same displacement seen in Bed-Stuy and Bushwick is headed that way.

ByGerard Flynn 0Comments

Displaced, Dispersed, Disappeared: What Happens to Families Forced Out of Bushwick?

Brooklyn Community Services Hosts Panel on East New York

Fear of City’s ‘Good Plan’ for Housing

East New York Groups Want Details on Housing Plan

Your Take on Gentrification: The Survey Results

Where Exactly Do You Stand on Gentrification?

Bronx BP Disses Anarchists and Gives a New View on Gentrification

UrbaNERD: Are Gentrification Fears Overblown?

Brooklyn Tenants Battle Gentrification on Many Fronts

Mixed Views of Gentrification's Threat in East New York

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