Abolishing the suburbs?

[SunsetBengal]

(07-19-2020, 05:01 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I’m sure some would. A key component of gentrification is it targets areas with high number of renters, usually because these areas were red lined so home values were incredibly low and families were incapable of generating generational wealth. The result is these renters, usually of color, are replaced with predominantly white middle to upper middle class people. This can be done by developers without the city playing a role.  

In the case of building affordable housing, you increase the population rather than replace, so I personally wouldn’t look at it as “reverse gentrification”, but it can help to combat gentrification. This is planned by the city.

I think blockbusting could be described as “reverse discrimination”, since blockbusting was buying up homes in white neighborhoods and selling them to black families, often resulting in lower home values and less resources from the city. None of this was conducted by the city, but rather private investors and developers.

Thanks for the expanded explanation.  In my job as a Surveyor, I sometimes also assist the engineers with helping them to prepare drawings for submittal to the various planning departments.  I also sometimes assist with site design, and have to research various UDOs to ensure that what I am designing is in full compliance.  So, given the nature of my various work related duties, I find topics like this one interesting.