Gentrification 101
This is the process of wealthier people moving into a lower-income neighborhood, often causing housing prices to rise
Gentrification
The monthly payment someone makes to live in a home or apartment that they do not own
Rent
The term when residents are forced to leave their neighborhood because they can no longer afford to live there
Displacement
This is when racial groups are separated into different neighborhoods, schools, and public spaces
Segregation
Improved parks, services, buildings, or infrastructure
This is the practice of buying a house, renovating, and reselling it for a profit
House flipping
This is what happens when the demand increases for housing but the supply stays the same
Prices increase
This housing group is more vulnerable to displacement when prices rise
Renters
The practice of denying loans or financial services to neighborhoods based on their racial or ethnic makeup
Redlining
This is what happens to longtime neighborhood businesses when commercial rents significantly increase
Close or relocate
Improving older buildings and neighborhood infrastructure without necessarily displacing residents
Neighborhood revitalization
This type of tax bill increases when property values rise in a gentrifying neighborhood
Property taxes
This housing policy limits how much landlords can increase rent
Rent control or stabilization
Housing agreements that prevented people of certain races from purchasing or occupying homes in specific neighborhoods
Racially restrictive covenants
This is why rising property values benefit homeowners and negatively affect renters in the same neighborhood
Homeowners gain property wealth, rents face higher rents and displacement
This D.C mayor promoted real estate development and investment in Shaw during the early 2000s, according to the reading
Anthony Williams (p. 58)
The median home price in the ZIP code 20001 _____ between 1996 and 2006
Tripled (p. 59)
The approximate amount of black residents that were lost in the 20001 ZIP code between 2000 and 2010
Over 5,000 black residents (p. 83)
This percentage of residents in Shaw, LeDroit Park, and Bloomingdale were Black in 1960
92% (p. 26)
This community park was transformed from a neglected area into a green space through neighborhood organizing
Crispus Attucks Park (p. 73)
This major facility opened at the southern end of Shaw in 2003 and brought in around $400 million during its first year of operation
Washington Convention Center (p. 58)
The median value in Bloomingdale by 2020
$882,500 (p. 83)
These two D.C. housing assistance programs helped lower-income residents purchase homes through housing lotteries and interest-free loans
Inclusionary Zoning and the Home Purchase Assistance Program (p. 60)
This Supreme Court case ruled against the judicial enforcement of racially restrictive housing covenants in Bloomingdale
Hurd v. Hodge (p. 26)
These two concerns caused some residents to oppose installing playground equipment and a basketball court at Crispus Attucks Park
Loitering or smoking and nose from basketball games