There’s a post on Brooklynian this morning by a handle you might recognize (Armchair Warrior) on everyone’s favorite topic: “My only problem with gentrifiers is…The ones who want to bring suburbia to ...

A recent college graduate who moved to West Philadelphia this year reflects on how to be a good neighbor when you are part of the force that is changing a neighborhood. A view of the Philadelphia ...

Run for cover: Urban pioneers are returning to New Haven — from a space colony to which they originally fled from riots and flames and eviscerated property values. They’re bringing with them “plans” ...

Upcoming state legislative races in Brooklyn demonstrate that the Democratic Socialists of America are doubling down on their strategy of nominating candidates of color in gentrifying areas. If they ...

The Brooklyn Paper has an article this morning about the gentrifying effect of upscale food establishments. The artists might get to a new neighborhood first, say the article, but in recent years, a ...

Gentrification in the past decade is linked with declining enrollment in neighborhood schools—but the race and ethnicity of new families moving into the neighborhood changes the equation, finds a new ...

If you’ve ever been evicted because your landlord wants to “renovate” and hike the rents, seen your favorite local businesses killed to make room for expensive, low-quality replacements, or watched a ...

DETROIT – A street sign that popped up in Detroit is gaining a lot of attention. The sign read, “Hood Closed to Gentrifiers” -- addressing a big concern among inner-city neighborhoods across the ...

DETROIT – A street sign that popped up in Detroit is gaining a lot of attention. The sign read, “Hood Closed to Gentrifiers” -- addressing a big concern among inner-city neighborhoods across the ...

For years, Jersey City was absurdly generous in handing out tax breaks to rich developers, yet when it came to affordable housing, totally derelict. Unlike Newark or Hoboken, it still has no policy ...

The notice, that looks like a construction sign, was created by an artist-activist who goes by the name Bryce Detroit. He put the sign up in his North End neighborhood, which is rapidly changing, ...

Artist-activist Bryce Detroit says he has plans to erect 22 signs plus launch a line of t-shirts and merchandise. A street sign reading “Hood Closed to Gentrifiers,” erected in a transitional Detroit ...