Affordable Housing
Council Approves Inwood Rezoning Amid Protest
Sadef Ali Kully |
Bitterly opposed by many neighborhood residents, the rezoning passed the Council with a single no vote.
Affordable Housing
A Toolkit to Fight Displacement in NYC Neighborhoods, Other U.S. Cities
Jarrett Murphy |
Advocates from Buffalo to Brownsville and the LES to LA are voicing concerns about displacement. One local group has compiled a menu of policies to fight it.
Affordable Housing
Bushwick Plan’s Unveiling Nears Amid Tension Over Possible Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
Two Councilmembers invited neighborhood stakeholders to draft a rezoning plan. But it could encounter the same misgivings that top-down plans have faced.
Homepage Featured
City Releases Survey Results Ahead of Possible Second Bronx Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
While some are excited about possible improvements to the neighborhood, others are worried about displacement.
Brooklyn
The Gray Saga: A Two-Century Struggle to Preserve Black Wealth in Brooklyn
Aimee VonBokel |
Through the Civil War and Jim Crow, depression and boom, redlining and deregulation, one Black family near the historic Weeksville settlement managed to preserve its hold on the family property. Until it didn’t.
displacement
Video: Displacement Around the World, Lessons for and from NYC
Jarrett Murphy |
An author from our recent ‘Global Squeeze’ series discusses the project and its findings.
The Global Squeeze
The Lessons NYC Activists Have for Those Fighting Displacement the World Over
Daniel Bates |
Learn from defeat. Think big. Follow the money. And organize, organize, organize.
The Global Squeeze
To Save a Stadium for the Middle Class, Manila Advocates Used Preservation as a Tool
Purple Chrystyl Romero |
The saga of the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in the Philippines illustrates the possibility—and potential pitfalls—of using heritage preservation as a tool to resist gentrification.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Hear ‘Global Squeeze’ Reporter Linus Unah Discuss His Story on Displacement in Lagos
Jarrett Murphy |
He wrote about the people fighting to preserve their stake in Lagos’s future on the edge of a lagoon.
The Global Squeeze
Hijacked Buildings and ‘Shock and Awe’ Tactics in Johannesburg’s Low-Income Black Neighborhoods
Daylin Paul |
After apartheid, many Blacks left South Africa’s townships in a search for a better life in the big city. Now they see government, landlords and private-security firms banding together to drive them out.
