Gentrification is a hot and often divisive topic that DC has seen before. Southwest DC, for instance, was one of the first communities in the country to get a facelift called urban renewal in the late ...

Efforts to build more housing and create new opportunities across D.C. have led to renewed conversations around gentrification and its impact on residents. A group of students at the Duke Ellington ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Gentrification can change the character of urban areas by ...

Howard University’s first fine arts graduate, Alma Thomas, walked the streets of Washington, D.C. in the late 1890s. At the time, her residence and its surrounding neighborhood were inhabited by upper ...

Maryland’s Purple Line is not scheduled to open until 2026, but the project is already leading to concerns about gentrification around stations. A new study from the public-private group “Purple Line ...

“DC has displaced more Black and brown families since it began experimenting with gentrification.” Because the District is a heavily Democratic city, the winner of the primary typically becomes mayor ...

SHEEL PATEL/THE HOYA Curator of Music and Performing Arts at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture Dwandalyn Reece (right), Georgetown University Distinguished ...

Tonette Sivells, the first in her family to graduate from college, saved her money to achieve another dream: buying her first home, in Congress Heights. But when a community group suggested opening a ...