Issues in American urban centers hw: read pgs

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Issues in American urban centers hw: read pgs. 447-451 APRIL 11, 2018

Inner city problems Lack access to services Food deserts Poor quality housing Public housing High crime rates High poverty rates Low education levels

Redlining Banking practices that prevented minorities from getting home loans

Adam ruins everything: redlining https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e68CoE70Mk8

Blockbusting Encourage white homeowners to sell homes at a loss Fear that minorities were moving in to their previously segregated neighborhoods Leads to “white flight”

Segregation

School Segregation

Gentrification

Gentrification Process of renewal and reinvestment in inner city areas Value and cost of living in gentrified neighborhoods goes up Influx of middle to upper class residents Displacement of lower class residents

Gentrification

Reasons for gentrification Local govt. wants to raise tax revenue Higher property value = higher property taxes Millennials and retired suburbanites moving back into cities Access to transport, culture, restaurants, work Rental units with interesting architecture American culture of change and moving

Measuring gentrification Turnover rates in rental units Income levels of residents over time Types of businesses that are opened/closed in a neighborhood Community organizations Property values and tax rates over time

Gentrification PROS CONS Increases property values Increased local taxes Beautification of neighborhoods Job opportunities Raising property values or rent pushes out lower income residents Loss of historic culture of a neighborhood Less income/racial diversity

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