“Affordable Housing” That Excludes Those Who Need It Most Is Not Community Investment—It’s Legal Gentrification
As Knoxville prepares to vote on a half-cent sales tax increase this November, community leaders are promoting it as a modest investment in affordable housing and infrastructure. The message is simple: fifty cents on every hundred dollars spent isn’t much to ask for community improvements.
But when you examine who will pay, who will benefit, and who is positioned to profit, a troubling pattern emerges—one that Black churches, civil rights organizations, and community advocates should be sounding the alarm about…