The Brief
- A new report from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition shows Atlanta has the second-highest number of neighborhoods that flipped from majority-Black to majority-white between 1980 and 2020.
- Gentrification led to the displacement of an estimated 22,000 Black residents in Atlanta, with neighborhoods like Old Fourth Ward, East Atlanta, and Kirkwood among the most affected.
- Atlanta experienced the most intense gentrification in the U.S. from 2000 to 2012, driven by rising incomes, home values, and educational attainment in urban neighborhoods.
ATLANTA – The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) has released a new report titled Displaced By Design: Fifty Years of Gentrification and Black Cultural Displacement in U.S. Cities.
What they’re saying:
Over the last 50 years, 15% of urban neighborhoods have shown signs of gentrification. While still relatively uncommon, gentrification is on the rise. The number of gentrifying neighborhoods grew from 246 in the 1970s to 1,807 in the 2010s.…