I posted a recent study (displacement or succession) on this subject
in the files section of the forum for those who are interested. It
was authored by Lance Freeman of Colmubia University. Prof Freeman
is afro-american. It's a bit scientific but I think very good if you
can wade through and like this sort of thing. An excerpt from the
summation:
"The results presented here indicate that the process of neighborhood
change associated with gentrification and revitalization more
broadly is related to displacement, albeit modestly. Who moves into
the neighborhood appears to be more important in explaining
neighborhood change in gentrifying neighborhoods."
The study found that mobility (out) and displacement rates in
gentrifying neighborhhods were not statistically different from
similar neighborhoods (socio-economic) that were not gentrifying.
That is true for homeowners, the poor and renters alike. What is
different however, is the ability to move into a gentrifying
neighborhood. The poor, or more importantly, those with a lower
educational attainment, have much less ability to move into a
gentrifying neighborhood than a similar nongentrifying neighborhood.
s the author concludes, that issue does not speak to displacement,
but rather, affordable housing. In the end, the long-held "wisodn"
that mass displacement accompanies gentirifcation is in fact,
misplaced and not borne out by the facts.
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