Stats
This US city is the only one that seems to match DC stats.
(Hint: think West!)
What is Los Angeles?
What is Ward 6?
The process of developing an area or district to conform to the ideal of the middle-class and the developers who profit from it.
What is gentrification?
The "revitalization" of neighborhoods such as Shaw and Columbia Heights undeniably pushes out low-income residents. Neighborhoods in Wards 7 and 8 that only get poorer are not unique to our district, or even the US. The low-income populations east of the Anacostia River have risen this percentage.
What is 60%?
The gentrification occurring in DC; described as "low-income displacement"
What is an area growing economically while losing low-income residents?
The statistical data collected on a population, especially those showing class, age, income, race, education, etc...
What is demographics?
In the Navy Yard, the amount of low-income residents has dropped from 77% to this percentage.
What is 21%?
9 tenants of a Brightwood Park apartment used this strategy to try to force their property owners to improve living conditions.
What is rent-striking?
(The tenants paid their rents to their strike organizers who are storing it in escrow until their needs are met.)
(Describe) A city that might be struggling with "abandonment."
Parts of Kingman Park and and Capitol Hill have lost this percentage of their low-income populations in the past 15 years.
What is 75%?
This DC University raised questions about the cultural effects of gentrification when they filed complaints about, "new neighbors...treating their campus like a public park."
What is Howard University?
(Students at Howard raised their concerns when they felt primarily white families, dog-walkers, and joggers disrespected their sacred trees and lawn. The open campus was historically regarded as a safe haven for black students, tradition, and culture.)
Guarantee that a rental property will meet basic living and safety standards.
What is habitability?
(202%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
The #Don'tMuteDC movement was sparked after a resident in a new condo of the Shaw district (formerly a low-income district) filed a noise complaint about a local corner store. The store had been playing this type of music for 25 years- a sound unique to DC.
What is go-go?
(The owner was forced to turn it off, an act regarded as a sign of the forced cultural changes taking place in gentrified neighborhoods.)
The withdrawal of invested funds or cancellation of financial aid or subsidies as relates to investment plans, properties, or neighborhoods.