Neighborhoods

News related to housing, cities, gentrification and urban development.

How the Racist Legacy of Redlining Affects Black Maternal Health
An OB-GYN looks at an ultrasound on a monitor. The risk of a premature pregnancy in Black women can be linked to socioeconomic factors and stressors.

How the Racist Legacy of Redlining Affects Black Maternal Health
Dominique Stewart
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Outdated housing policies, like redlining, continue to have rippling effects on communities and Black maternal health.

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Health Neighborhoods
3936 2624 Dominique Stewart
Black Homeowners Are Being Left Out of the Refinancing Boom
A row of three grey brick homes in a subdivision.

Black Homeowners Are Being Left Out of the Refinancing Boom
Nia Norris
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Black Americans were less likely to take advantage of the mortgage refinancing boom due to unaddressed racial inequities in banking and real estate.

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Neighborhoods
2400 1600 Nia Norris
The Hidden Link Between Zoning and Racial Inequality
A drone shot of a residential neighborhood.

The Hidden Link Between Zoning and Racial Inequality
Andrew Lee
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Despite laws prohibiting segregation, restrictive zoning practices push people of color into hazardous communities and away from affluent white neighborhoods.

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Neighborhoods
1920 1078 Andrew Lee
How the Nextdoor App Modernized Racial Profiling
An exterior wall lined with an assortment of black and white security cameras.

How the Nextdoor App Modernized Racial Profiling
Andrew Lee
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The Nextdoor app’s racist practices by users underscore the inherent problems of integrating unchecked stereotypes into technology.

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Neighborhoods Technology
1080 726 Andrew Lee
Bronx and Philly Fires Expose a History of Public Housing Neglect
Fireman puts out house fire with water hose.

Bronx and Philly Fires Expose a History of Public Housing Neglect
Andrew Lee
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The recent affordable housing fires in Bronx and Philly are the result of underfunding and neglect from public housing.

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Neighborhoods
2362 1577 Andrew Lee
Evict landlords: Emerald (SBCLT) on Community Land Trusts
A line of tents on the sidewalk near a bridge.

Evict landlords: Emerald (SBCLT) on Community Land Trusts
Andrew Lee
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Community land trusts like the SBCLT keep housing affordable and community-controlled by removing it from the private market.

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Neighborhoods
626 439 Andrew Lee
How Rent Hikes and Gentrifers Displace Immigrant Communities
Members of Tenants United Santa Ana hold signs that read "housing is a human right" and "cap rent @ 3%."

How Rent Hikes and Gentrifers Displace Immigrant Communities
Andrew Lee
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The gentrification of cities like Santa Ana displaces immigrant communities and culture—many of which were already uprooted by U.S. policies.

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Neighborhoods Social Justice Social Movements & Activism
2048 1536 Andrew Lee
Whatever it Takes: Vasudha Kumar on Gentrification
gentrification silicon valley

Whatever it Takes: Vasudha Kumar on Gentrification
Andrew Lee
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Vasudha Kumar is a resident of California’s Silicon Valley. After playing a leading role in a multi-year campaign to stop a new Google megacampus, Vasudha now studies the dynamics of economic displacement in cities around the U.S.

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Neighborhoods
1200 800 Andrew Lee
Direct action is the answer: Noni from EB PREC on resistance and revival.

Direct action is the answer: Noni from EB PREC on resistance and revival.
Andrew Lee
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Noni Session is the Executive Director of the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative in Oakland, California. In a city with a deep Black radical history and some of the most pronounced modern-day displacement, EB PREC is building shared economic and community power by preserving land without landlords.

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Neighborhoods
1281 960 Andrew Lee
Serve restaurant equity.

Serve restaurant equity.
Andrew Lee
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As the completion date of Line 3 nears, there’s still much to be done to protect Indigenous activists and their land.

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Neighborhoods
6000 3376 Andrew Lee
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