New models for just development

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New models for just development in the housing market

Download this article as PDF here. Structural racism in the housing market also harms Black residents when the long cycles of disinvestment finally end, and those neighborhoods ultimately attract investment, as is happening now in cities across the US. As investment dollars find their way in, historically… Read More
Mar 3, 2022

Baltimore’s Gentrification Dilemma

Baltimore is a Black majority (63%) city with a history of restrictive covenants, redlining, disinvestment, and other forms of exclusion which led to segregation and devaluation of Black neighborhoods. Its poverty rate (23.1%) is almost twice the national average, with far higher rates in Black-majority neighborhoods and far lower rates… Read More
Mar 3, 2022

Rebuilding a Distressed Community Block by Block

She’s the CEO of Parity, an equitable development company proudly headquartered there, and embedded in the community. Parity’s tagline is, “Where some see ruin, we see beauty.” Beyond West Baltimore’s seemingly intractable problems – disinvestment, devaluation, abandoned and deteriorating buildings, crime, fraying social fabric, a stymied housing market few would… Read More
Mar 3, 2022

Upzoning and Displacement in Seattle

Racist policies long excluded Black workers from good jobs in Seattle. For example, Boeing and the union that represented its workers long maintained white-only hiring policies, even when labor was in high demand, relaxing them only under intense pressure from the federal government during World War II. Schools remained segregated… Read More
Mar 3, 2022

Making Upzoning Work for Residents

To change that, the City took the necessary step of rezoning certain neighborhoods from single-family to multi-family. But “upzoning” as it’s called also increases the assessed value of properties, driving up property taxes, which tends to displace Black residents already living there. It’s a widespread dilemma, and a growing one. Read More
Mar 3, 2022

Displacement in Tulsa, from Race Massacre to Disinvestment and Gentrification

Originally envisioned as a territory for relocated Blacks and indigenous people, Oklahoma became a state in 1907. After oil was discovered there, Tulsa had so many wealthy Black residents that Greenwood became known “Black Wall Street.” But May 31 to June 1, 1921, Greenwood was the scene of the Tulsa… Read More
Mar 3, 2022

Giving Renters a Stake in Neighborhood Development

In fact, in 2020 Kendall Whitier was one of three winners of the national Great American Main Street Award (GAMSA) for excellence in comprehensive preservation-based commercial district revitalization. “In just 10 years, Kendall Whittier Main Street has radically changed the perception of the neighborhood and become the center of community… Read More
Mar 3, 2022
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