Comments on: The Dilemma of Gentrification http://urbanplanningblog.com/172/the-dilemma-of-gentrification/ Thoughts on Urban Planning and Design Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:21:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FS http://urbanplanningblog.com/172/the-dilemma-of-gentrification/#comment-85 FS Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:44:36 +0000 http://urbanplanningblog.com/2007/05/25/the-dilemma-of-gentrification/#comment-85 This seems to be the conventional wisdom, that gentrification is a universally bad thing for a neighbourhood's traditional population. I find it hard to believe that new residents who want to fix up the neighbourhood and add to the local community are an entirely negative factor. I'd be interested in learning more about gentrifying neighbourhoods that have tried to maintain housing for low-income families. The evidence points to mixed-income neighbourhoods as the healthiest kind from a social and economic standpoint. Let's look at how we can direct gentrification to help create them! This seems to be the conventional wisdom, that gentrification is a universally bad thing for a neighbourhood’s traditional population. I find it hard to believe that new residents who want to fix up the neighbourhood and add to the local community are an entirely negative factor.

I’d be interested in learning more about gentrifying neighbourhoods that have tried to maintain housing for low-income families. The evidence points to mixed-income neighbourhoods as the healthiest kind from a social and economic standpoint. Let’s look at how we can direct gentrification to help create them!

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