IDC 4001H Study Guide - Final Guide: Propublica, Homeless Shelter, Scott Lynch
22 Nov 2017
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The news and media coverage of gentrification has generally been negative, focusing on the personal stories of the displaced tenants. The displaced persons all have necessary jobs but do not earn enough income to afford inflationary rent. Their professions range from seamstresses and mechanics to assistants of ceos. Some have families, others are the remnant of a community that has been driven out with all their childhood friends having moved to east new. York or out of the city altogether (yee). Homeowners are often harassed by developers trying to convince them to sell their residences. One common method is an abundance of flyers at their door. (ayanna prescod / twitter) Both homeowners and tenants have suffered greatly from the greed and harassment of developers and landlords. In the gothamist article titled gentrification vultures are picking. Crown heights" bones clean," long time homeowners or inheritors are regularly harassed with knocks on the door, mail, and flyers imploring them to sell.
