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Tag: Gentrification

Gentrification can’t explain all of a neighborhood’s failures. The racial wealth gap allows us to examine deeper.

Local issues, National issues, Studies•by •Posted May 3, 2019

Across the country, there are numerous underserved and disinvested communities fighting for the ownership and legacy of their neighborhoods. Gentrification…

Tags: Gentrification, Racial wealth gap

Listen: Potential relocation of I-45 risks displacement, loss of identity for Houston’s Fifth Ward

Local issues•by •Posted August 1, 2017

  The proposal to expand and reroute Interstate 45 along the eastern end of Houston’s downtown has raised concerns about…

Tags: Displacement, Fifth Ward, Gentrification, Houston

Austin City Council approves homestead preservation districts

Local issues•by •Posted December 18, 2015

The Austin City Council cast a long-awaited vote on December 17, approving the creation of homestead preservations districts in the…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, Gentrification, Homestead preservation district

CDC Spotlight: Preserving affordability and diversity in East Austin

Local issues•by •Posted December 7, 2015

Community development corporations (CDCs) are the lifeblood of the low income housing movement, building quality affordable homes and preserving diversity…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, CDC, CDC Spotlight, Community development corporations, east austin, Gentrification, Guadalupe

CDC Spotlight: Fending off gentrification one block at a time in Blackland

Local issues•by •Posted November 30, 2015

  Community development corporations (CDCs) are the lifeblood of the low income housing movement, building quality affordable homes and preserving…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, Blackland, CDC, CDC Spotlight, Gentrification

How Houston’s affordability conversation excludes neighborhoods like Sunnyside

Local issues•by •Posted October 7, 2015

I recently had the pleasure of attending an affordable housing summit put on by Zillow, an opportunity for Houston’s housing…

Tags: Affordable housing, Code enforcement, Gentrification, Houston, Sunnyside

Spirit of East Austin forum invites neighbors to discuss development and inequality

Local issues•by •Posted September 3, 2015

On September 12, Austin residents and city leaders, including our co-director, John Henneberger, will gather to discuss the future of…

Tags: Austin, City of Austin, east austin, Gentrification, segregation

Revitalization and mobility in Austin: A response to The Atlantic

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 12, 2015

The subtleties of a compelling new article in The Atlantic, and some of the included quotes, may leave some people with the…

Tags: east austin, Gentrification, Housing choice, Mobility, Revitalization, The Atlantic

Room for improvement in San Antonio task force’s plan to combat gentrification

Local issues•by •Posted May 18, 2015

A committee of political leaders and citizens formed to address gentrification in San Antonio, the Mayor’s Task Force on Preserving…

Tags: Gentrification, San Antonio, TOP

No surprise: National gentrification report lists Austin near the top

Local issues, National issues•by •Posted February 11, 2015

A new study backs up what Austinites already know to be true: Austin is one of most gentrifying cities in…

Tags: Austin, Census, east austin, Gentrification

City of Houston introduces developers to residents of 3 designated economically, racially integrated communities

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 26, 2013

Through the CDBG Hurricane Ike Disaster Recovery program the City of Houston is using more than $100 million in federal…

Tags: Gentrification, Houston, Hurricane Ike, Rental housing

What kind of city do we want Austin to be? | Paup in Austin American-Statesman

Local issues•by •Posted July 18, 2011

From the Austin American-Statesman, Sunday, July 17, 2011 Now that he’s been told to make way for redevelopment efforts on…

Tags: Austin, Fair housing, Gentrification, Tenant rights

Recommendations for state action to prevent displacement of low income people from gentrifying neighborhoods

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 9, 2008

A group of us have been kicking around ideas to address the problem of the involuntary displacement of low income…

Tags: Displacement, Gentrification, Interim hearings

Do Texas cities care about gentrification?

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 2, 2008

The problem of the displacement of low-income families from long-established inner city neighborhoods has become a major issue in the…

Tags: Displacement, Gentrification, Homestead preservation district, Speculation
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