Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you live in an urban area, you’ve probably heard of the loaded term “gentrification.” Per Merriam-Webster, it means “a process ...

Gentrification is becoming more common in US cities, raising questions about its health impacts on original, or “legacy,” residents, including both those who stay in place and those who move. The ...

Dramatic changes are playing out across parts of urban America, making many neighborhoods hardly recognizable from a relatively short time ago. A new class of more affluent residents is moving into ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – By definition, gentrification is simply the process of renovating or improving a neighborhood so that it conforms to middle class taste. However, gentrification in effect is more ...

Gentrification, a complex and often controversial process, has become a significant topic of discussion in urban development. As neighborhoods transform due to the influx of more affluent residents, ...

For many on the Left, gentrification remains a dirty word, synonymous—or at least closely associated—with racism, oligarchic developers, neoliberalism, and even genocide. Fortunately, not all ...

Protestors march during a rally against a proposed development in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood in this file photo from June 20, 2019. The protestors argue the development would exacerbate ...

It’s time to stop believing the lie that gentrification is inevitable. Gentrification is natural. Neighborhoods change over time. Different groups move in and out, businesses change hands, land uses ...

Inocencio Carbajal opened his acclaimed taqueria, Carnitas Uruapan, on West 18th Street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood in 1975. He picked the location for a simple reason: At the time, it was near ...

To assess how gentrification has reshaped urban neighborhoods, Governing analyzed demographic data for the nation’s 50 most populous cities. Changes in several measures, described below, were ...