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As for longtime native Washingtonians, particularly low-income African Americans, they’re feeling the crunch to such an extent that over the past two decades, they’ve had little or no choice but to abandon the communities that they, their parents, even their grandparents, once fondly called “home” — desperately searching for alternative cities with housing that they can afford. In fact, according to a new report conducted by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), “Shifting Neighborhoods: Gentrification and Cultural Displacement in American Cities,” the District now has the highest percentage of gentrified neighborhoods in the nation.

Between 2000 and 2013, Washington, D.C., experienced the greatest “intensity of gentrification” of any U.S. city, according to a study released Tuesday by the nonprofit National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s study of that 13-year period found that the District had the highest percentage of gentrifying neighborhoods out of all the cities analyzed.Washington also experienced the highest “intensity” of gentrification in the country, according to the researchers who examined changing housing markets, population demographics, and levels in income and education in major U.S. cities.

The gentrification study released by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) shed light on the ongoing downside of gentrification, forced displacement. Washington D.C, had the highest rates of forced displacement — more than 20,000 black residents — due to gentrification from the years 2000-2013.