Title: Redlining and Gentrification | Urban Displacement Project
Headings: Redlining and Gentrification
Redlining and Gentrification
The Legacy of Redlining - Resources
New Video: The Legacy of Redlining
This history is not behind us: 87% of San Francisco’s redlined neighborhoods are low-income neighborhoods undergoing gentrification today.
The Legacy of Redlining Across the Bay Area -- San Francisco, East Bay, San Jose GIFs
San Francisco - redlining and gentrification:
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East Bay - redlining and gentrification:
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San Jose - redlining and gentrification:
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Content: These neighborhoods were predominantly home to communities of color, and this is no accident; the “hazardous” rating was in large part based on racial demographics. In other words, redlining was an explicitly discriminatory policy. Redlining made it hard for residents to get loans for homeownership or maintenance, and led to cycles of disinvestment. This history is not behind us: 87% of San Francisco’s redlined neighborhoods are low-income neighborhoods undergoing gentrification today. Watch the video to see this connection for yourself, and learn more about the lasting impacts of this discriminatory policy. The past is embedded in the present-day experience of our neighborhoods and cities; it is important to the future of cities that we confront this history. The Legacy of Redlining Across the Bay Area -- San Francisco, East Bay, San Jose GIFs
The video above explores the overlap between redlining, gentrification, and exclusion in San Francisco, but these trends are common across the Bay Area.