{"id":1063,"date":"2018-11-18T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2018-11-16T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T17:07:35","slug":"a-reader-asks-whats-wrong-with-gentrification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/18\/a-reader-asks-whats-wrong-with-gentrification\/","title":{"rendered":"A reader asks: What’s wrong with gentrification?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reader David Palmer asks:<\/p>\n

“What is wrong with gentrification? Isn\u2019t it good that old neighborhoods get rebuilt?”<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a mixed bag.<\/p>\n

Yes, it\u2019s good when truly decrepit, decaying buildings are replaced with newer stock. No one benefits from falling-down, boarded-up, housing stock.<\/p>\n

But when merely old \u2014 not decrepit \u2014 buildings are replaced, the rents go up. Families with marginal finances may not be able to afford the new rent, and have to move.<\/p>\n

Historically, this has disproportionately affected minority citizens and the poor.<\/p>\n

For gentrification to work for society as a whole \u2014 rich and poor \u2014 a city needs to have enough affordable housing to accommodate those displaced.<\/p>\n

When that doesn\u2019t happen naturally (it almost never does) then local government can step in to help with regulations, such as requiring developers to set aside a certain percentage of housing units for lower-income residents who otherwise would be priced out of their neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

A local example, from the Boston Globe: \u201cBoston might require developers to set aside more low-income units: City officials are gearing up to review Boston\u2019s policy later this year that requires builders to set aside units at modest rents, with an eye towards increasing those requirements. That would make it the second increase in three years.\u201d (full story<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Reader David Palmer asks: “What is wrong with gentrification? Isn\u2019t it good that old neighborhoods get rebuilt?” It\u2019s a mixed bag. Yes, it\u2019s good when truly decrepit, decaying buildings are replaced with newer stock. No one benefits from falling-down, boarded-up, housing stock. 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