Published: 2020 | Kasey Zapatka, Brenden Beck | Urban Studies Abstract Consumption-side theorists of gentrification examine the flow of middle-class White people into previously working-class neighbourhoods and argue that their demand for housing stimulates gentrification. In contrast, production-side theorists emphasise…
The What, Where, and When of Place-Based Housing Policy’s Neighborhood Effects
Published: 2017 | Keri-Nicole Dillman, Ann Verrilli, Keren Horn Abstract Ever-scarce affordable housing production resources, in addition to their primary function of providing housing for those in need, are increasingly enlisted for the dual goals of strengthening distressed communities and…
To Understand a City’s Pace of Gentrification, Look at Its Housing Supply
Published: 2020 | Laurie Goodman, Ellen Seidman, Jun Zhu | Urban Institute Abstract Gentrification is a hotly debated subject, with conversations centering around what happens to neighborhoods’ income and racial mix as new buyers move in and how that affects…
What Can We Learn from Online Reviews? Examining the Reviews of Los Angeles Metro Rail Stations
Published: 2019 | Eun Jin Shin | Journal of Planning Education and Research Abstract Out-of-vehicle time is a well-known major burden of transit travel. Although transit stations’ characteristics likely affect people’s perceptions of out-of-vehicle time and decisions to use public…
New rail transit stations and the out-migration of low-income residents
Published: 2019 | Elizabeth Delmelle, Isabelle Nilsson | Urban Studies Abstract This article tests the hypothesis that low-income residents disproportionately move out of neighbourhoods in close proximity to new rail transit stations. This transit-induced gentrification scenario posits that the development…
Measuring and mapping displacement: The problem of quantification in the battle against gentrification
Published: 2019 | Sue Easton, Loretta Lees, Phil Hubbard, Nicholas Tate | Urban Studies Abstract Debates concerning residential population displacement in the context of gentrification remain vociferous, but are hampered by a lack of empirical evidence of the extent of…
Does Gentrification Displace Poor Children? New Evidence from New York City Medicaid Data
Published: 2019 | Kacie Dragan, Ingrid Ellen, Sherry A. Glied | National Bureau of Economic Research Abstract The pace of gentrification has accelerated in cities across the country since 2000, and many observers fear it is displacing low-income populations from…
Does Luxury Housing Construction Increase Nearby Rents?
Published: 2018 | Evan Mast | Upjohn Institute for Employeement Research Abstract A major obstacle to new housing construction in gentrifying neighborhoods is the fear that new units will induce additional housing demand, increasing local rents and fueling further gentrification.…
Developing a New Methodology for Analyzing Potential Displacement
Published: 2017 | Karen Chapple, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Paul Waddell, Daniel Chatman, Paul Ong | The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Abstract In 2008, California passed Senate Bill 375, requiring metropolitan planning organizations to develop Sustainable Communities Strategies as…
Displacement and gentrification in England and Wales: A quasi-experimental approach
Published: 2015 | Lance Freeman, Adele Cassola, Tiancheng Cai | Urban Studies Abstract Using event history methods we examine the relationship between residential mobility and gentrification in England and Wales. While our models of residential mobility conform to the life-cycle…