A Method for Making the Just City: Housing, Gentrification, and Health

A gentrification wave is sweeping across metropolitan America, yet we know very little about the health consequences of this current neighborhood redevelopment trend across different community contexts. This article describes an interdisciplinary, comparative, community-based participatory action (C...

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Published in:Housing policy debate 2019-05, Vol.29 (3), p.421-431
Main Authors: Hyra, Derek, Moulden, Dominic, Weted, Carley, Fullilove, Mindy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affordable housing
Community change
Community development
Community involvement
Community participation
community-based participatory action research
Gentrification
Health
Health problems
Housing
Income
Interdisciplinary aspects
Low income groups
Neighborhoods
Redevelopment
Research projects
Residents
Urban renewal
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Summary:A gentrification wave is sweeping across metropolitan America, yet we know very little about the health consequences of this current neighborhood redevelopment trend across different community contexts. This article describes an interdisciplinary, comparative, community-based participatory action (CBPA) research project investigating how housing, community change, and health are connected. We first discuss the linkages among America's affordable housing crisis, increased rates of gentrification, and health concerns for low-income people in revitalizing neighborhoods. We then lay out our initial hypotheses of how early- and late-stage gentrification processes might affect the health of low-income residents. This is followed by an explanation of how our CBPA approach influenced and altered our gentrification-related research questions and methods. This article contributes to the housing and community development literature by explaining an innovative theoretical and methodological framework for understanding the complex relationships among housing, neighborhood change, and health.
ISSN:1051-1482
2152-050X
DOI:10.1080/10511482.2018.1529695