NonProfit Quarterly, July 26, 2023, Containing Gentrification: A Story from the Nation’s Capital
Gentrification is a complex and sensitive issue facing residents in many US cities. In Washington, DC, the gentrification process has been extraordinarily pronounced—with metro neighborhoods showing among the greatest level of resident displacement of any US city. A 2019 study by NCRC found that between 2000 and 2013 at least 20,000 Black residents had been displaced from the city’s neighborhoods.
