Research Seed Grant | 2002-2003
Gentrification and the Poor
by Lance Freeman (Urban Planning)
Gentrification has emerged as the most controversial type of neighborhood change in America today, viewed simultaneously as a savior of declining inner-city neighborhoods and a destroyer of the communities inhabited by the poor. This project seeks to expand our understanding of how gentrification shapes the lives of the poor by piloting a series of in-depth semi-structured qualitative interviews of poor residents living in gentrifying and other low-income neighborhoods. This pilot will enable the researcher to develop and fine-tune an instrument that captures the perceptions and experiences of poor residents living in gentrifying neighborhoods in contrast with poor residents living in other low-income neighborhoods. This pilot is part of a larger project that examines the multifaceted ways that gentrification affects the poor including impacts on residential mobility, social ties, and neighborhood amenities and services.
See Also
- Press release: Does Gentrification Equal Displacement? Explaining Neighborhood Change in Gentrifying Neighborhoods
