Topic: Gentrification
Ideas We Should Steal: Grassroots Housing Reparations
A rapper-turned-community activist is preserving Black wealth in Portland, the Whitest big city in America, by helping homeowners repair — and therefore stay — in their homes
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Business for Good: Jumpstart Germantown
Ken Weinstein’s anti-gentrification training program, with six spin-offs in the city and region, is keeping development local—and bringing women and people of color into the industry
By Courtney DuChene
The Opposite of Councilmanic Prerogative
It’s not rocket science, as Philly 3.0’s engagement director notes. It’s planning
By Jon Geeting
Kenyatta’s Gentrification Blame Game
The Councilman says his opponent is responsible for soaring home prices in South Philly. But as Philly 3.0's engagement director notes, he's the one with the power
By Jon Geeting
Ideas We Should Steal: Community-Centered Development
A Portland B Corp is pushing a more inclusive process for building up a neighborhood. Can Philly learn a lesson from the most gentrified city in America?
By Jill Harkins
Ideas We Should Steal: Transit Oriented Development
The Fruitvale Transit Village in Oakland has brought many of the benefits associated with gentrification—but few of the negatives
By Mark Dent
The Opposite of Gentrification
Jumpstart Germantown, brainchild of developer Ken Weinstein, trains local residents to be their own community developers
By Jill Harkins
CitizenCast: Good Neighbors
A Citizen and Free Library event on Monday explored the perennial urban question: How do we make communities everyone can live in?
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy