This essay is part of a series that accompanies NCRC’s 2019 study on gentrification and cultural displacement. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NCRC. Gentrification is a policy-driven process that begins with targeting low-income, urban communities for discrimination and neglect and ends with “improvements” […]
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This essay is part of a series that accompanies NCRC’s 2019 study on gentrification and cultural displacement. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NCRC. Like other cities, Philadelphia’s past is marred by decisions that pushed low-income people out of their neighborhoods, fostered residential
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This essay is part of a series that accompanies NCRC’s 2019 study on gentrification and cultural displacement. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NCRC. Portland, the largest city in the state of Oregon, is reputed to be the whitest city of its size in the United
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Shifting Neighborhoods Gentrification and cultural displacement in American cities [mashshare] Jason Richardson, Director, Research & Evaluation, NCRCBruce Mitchell, Ph.D., Senior Research Analyst, NCRCJuan Franco, Senior GIS Specialist, NCRC March 19, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gentrification is a powerful force for economic change in our cities, but it is often accompanied by extreme and unnecessary cultural
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Seven cities accounted for nearly half of the gentrification nationally: New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Diego and Chicago.
This essay is part of a series that accompanies NCRC’s 2019 study on gentrification and cultural displacement. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NCRC. As the former capital of the Confederacy, Richmond’s history is steeped in racial oppression, inequality and injustice. From slavery
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Tasked with protecting Americans against harmful financial practices, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken a less aggressive approach under the Trump administration, according to a pair of new reports, one given exclusively to USA TODAY.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center fired Morris Dees, the nonprofit civil rights organization’s co-founder and former chief litigator.SPLC President Richard Cohen said in a statement Dees’ dismissal over his misconduct was effective on Wednesday, March 13. When pressed for details on what led to the termination, the organization declined to elaborate.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co is making intentional efforts to service low-income communities by creating a new type of checkless account that does not allow overdrafts, requires no minimum balance, and offers free check cashing.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman Jelena McWilliams tells a compelling story about her negative encounters with the U.S. financial system and vows to make substantive changes to the Community Reinvestment Act that benefit communities she has called home and others alike.
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Tanitoluwa Adewumi is an 8-year-old Nigerian refugee and a chess prodigy. He began playing a little over a year ago and now has achieved a chess rating of 1587, highest being a 2845, while living in a homeless shelter in New York City.
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Adams, a longtime member of NCRC’s board of directors and the organization’s Chief of Equity and Inclusion from 2016 to 2018, was honored for her leadership and advocacy for fair lending practices and enforcement of the Fair Housing Act across the country.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., dropped a requirement that credit unions face Community Reinvestment Act obligations from a revamped affordable housing bill introduced on Wednesday.
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Homeownership rates rose dramatically from 2016 through 2018 while renting rates had slowly declined within that same time frame.
Professor Chris Mayer has a lesson for homeowners: Reverse mortgages, which let older Americans tap their home equity without selling or moving, aren’t as risky as some say.
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