Navigating the Adverse Impact of Gentrification on Houston's Community
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What is Gentrification?
Gentrification is a process of neighborhood change characterized by migration of middle- and upper-income groups into disinvested urban neighborhoods, resulting in a loss of affordable housing and a transformation of the social character of a neighborhood.
As a social issue, gentrification is heavily shaped by housing market pressures and rooted in economic and racial inequality. It is well documented that higher income households have put pressure on and overburdened historically non-white communities. Although neighborhood conditions and services appear to be improving, research has shown that disadvantaged residents, including non-white population and low- and moderate-income households, gained less from these improved conditions and services than other residents.