Justice
Race, Gentrification, and Health in Philadelphia
A study finds that black residents in gentrifying neighborhoods are more likely to report poorer health.
The impact of gentrification—especially the displacement of lower-income residents—remains a topic of enormous debate in urbanism circles. Most research on the subject finds the extent of displacement to be statistically rather small; in fact, the leading student of the subject, Lance Freeman of Columbia University, argues that widespread displacement caused by gentrification is largely a myth.
But that doesn’t mean that existing residents don’t feel other effects.