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My proposal will benefit only families of the local communities mentioned previously. These communities have been afflicted with a new interest for gentrification of more affluent residents. We need to protect the low income families from displacement of their neighborhoods. Data that must be collected to initiate the proposal is the family’s income, financial issues, and household size. We are also going to gather data regarding housing prices, rentals and the impact of gentrification within the

Paterson NJ is a culturally diverse city where many historic events occurred. The city is called home to people from all walks of life, and is a melting pot of art, cultures, music and religion. The fairly large city has many historic landmarks. Not only is Paterson a great city to live, it has profoundly affected me in making me who I am today.

When looking at the economics within City Heights East it is 17% lower than the San Diego average for the cost of living. Yet it is 12% higher for the cost of living than the National average. Living anywhere in San Diego is going to be expensive when comparing it to the national average because we live where people vacation. Yet it is relatively cheap to live here when comparing it to the San Diego average. With this comes crime and other aspects of lower poverty level neighborhoods.

Washington Heights is a unique and ever changing neighborhood at the mezzo-level, but affects the macro and micro. It located in upper Manhattan that is north of Harlem and south of Inwood. Begins on 115th street, it is typically thought to end around Hillside Avenue. This neighborhood has the Hudson River on the west and the Harlem River to the east. New York City’s Community Planning has designated Washington Heights and Inwood as Manhattan Community District 12. These two communities are similar in their ethnic populations, make up the tip of the borough of Manhattan, and are often assessed by the government as one district. The 2003 New York City Community Health Profile reported that 270,677 people living in District 12 and “one in two

After standing for nearly six decades, the two public housing high-rise buildings that once defined Blumberg Apartments and

Park Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in all of New York City, home to the ultra rich, the top tier of the American upper class, the 1% (Park Avenue). Those who reside in Park Avenue not only have vast amounts of wealth, but an immense amount of influence that has turned the tables in their favor. But, if you go a couple of miles North of Park Avenue and cross the Harlem river, you arrive at the other side of Park Avenue or otherwise known as the Bronx, one of the poorest districts in all of New York (Park Avenue). Here you see the real hardships average Americans must voyage through in order to put food on the table and provide shelter for their families. 40% of the 700,000 residents who

Affordable housing has become the paramount issue of cities and dense urban areas. San Francisco is the posterchild of an unaffordable city that regardless of immense investment from blue chip firms like Google, Facebook, and their ilk of startups evaluated at $1 billion or more, policymakers and elected officials must wrestle with the housing affordability crisis that is considered endogenous to swaths of homelessness and record statistics on crime. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has made affordable housing the centerpiece of his legislation and championed the cause as a social justice issue—neighborhoods must remain affordable to maintain diversity for all races, ethnicities, and low-income families. A small sample of 827 New Yorkers by the NY1-Baruch College City Poll found the main concern of respondents was affordable housing while crime, jobs, and homelessness were peripheral problems (Cuza, 2016). The public discourse on how to address housing across the United States has pointed to negative externalities that surround rent-regulation and homeownership. Conversely, for this essay I will present various cases in order to illustrate the housing crunch is influenced less by housing and land regulations, or antagonistic homeowners but is induced by global market forces.

In the constantly changing economy of cities, the growth of city housing is oftentimes neglected. In “Cities Mobilize to Help Those Threatened by Gentrification” Timothy Williams recounts how gentrification has evolved over the years. Mentioning how cities have changed in order to appease the younger professionals, Williams shows how the city itself is in jeopardy due to the tax increases. Slowly loosing their faithful residents as well as historic culture cities face a big deal. Williams gives quotes from faithful residents, “…long time homeowners are victims of the success story”, (Williams 346). In “Cities Mobilize to Help Those Threatened by Gentrification”, Williams uses his credible quotes and modern statistics to generate the reader’s emotions, with desire to change how city officials go about gentrification in culturally infused cities.

Right now, the median price for a home in the area is $450,000. The sales price has risen by $75,000 in just the last year. During the same year, the average price per square foot rose from $224 to $238. Since the sales price has risen by 20 percent in just the last year, right now is a good time to enter the marketplace before prices

There has been a tremendous change in East Harlem between class warfare and gentrification. East Harlem is one more economic factor to the city’s wealth per capita since the attack of September 11, 2000. It is Manhattan’s last remaining development and it is on the agenda of the tax revenue of our government. East Harlem has become a profit driven capitalism. Gentrification enforces capitalism, it does not separate people, it does not go against race, poor and the working class, it wages war on the poor and the working-class.

Adding to the inequalities and misfortunes within communities of color, gentrification has taken the Bay Area by a storm. Gentrification is the purchasing of deteriorated urban homes and areas, then the renovation by higher-end and middle class communities. An abundance of high-end people rush into the Bay Area and purchase up the real estate. Incoming middle and higher class take the Bay Area real estate and revitalise it into up-and-coming neighborhoods, then increase rent prices. Therefore, reducing affordable housing for communities of color. Therefore, this revitalization is changing the character of communities because the Bay Area may appear nicer, the communities of color are unable to afford the standard of living. Communities of

The Flatbush section of South-Central Brooklyn is vibrant, ethnically diverse and heavily populated neighborhoods with cultures and traditions from multiple racial and ethnic groups including African American, Caribbean and Latino. Its population stands at 316,700 residents, of which 76.6% are Black, including African Americans and Caribbean /West Indians, 10% are Hispanic, 7.8% are white, 1.9% are Asian, 3.7 are all other (Commnunity District 14, 2012). Fifty one percent of residents are foreign born, with a vast

According to Healthy People 2020 the most leading cause of death national for ages of 1-44 is Suicide, cancer, and intentional injury (2015). The most leading cause for deaths in New York State is Heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, stroke, and unintentional injury (Healthy New York. Gov 2015). Leading causes of death in Brooklyn (Kings County) is heart disease, cancer, pneumonia and influenza, diabetes, and chronic lower respiratory (Health New York. Gov, 2015). East Flatbush leading cause of death is heart disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, stroke, and flu/pneumonia (Community Health Profiles 2015). East Flatbush is a middle class residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Looking at the community health profiles of 2015 for East Flatbush indicated that Asthma is a huge problem in this community. After World War II east Flatbush was largely populated by immigrant Jews and Italians, then in the 1960s by African Americans. Now this area is flooded with West Indian immigrants such as Haitians, Jamaicans, Trinidadians, St. Lucians, Grenadians, Panamanians, Bajans, Dominican, and Guyanese groups. Asthma has no cure, you could be feeling just fine but the disease is still there and can appear again at any time. More than 5,000 people die annually because of asthma. Asthma hospitalization rates have been the highest in the midst of black children but the death rates for asthma were consistently highest among blacks from ages 15

Although its long played second fiddle to Midtown and Downtown Manhattan, Downtown Brooklyn is one of the hottest office markets in the New York metropolitan area – and with good reason! The neighborhood has much to offer prospective tenants, including affordable rents and an excellent transportation infrastructure. For companies seeking a more affordable alternative to Midtown and Lower Manhattan that’s fairly easy to get to, Downtown Brooklyn is hard to beat. A 2004 rezoning by the Bloomberg Administration has also helped to usher in a wave of new developments throughout the neighborhood. Anchored by MetroTech Center, the area is home to a thriving economy based on technology, creative services, finance, government and educational services.

New York City is made up of five boroughs, which include the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Within these boroughs, there are high and low-income neighborhoods that contain either high or low status organizational structures or facilities. Each division has their own characteristics and top attractions, such as the Empire State building, Central Park, or Times Square. As New York City may be known for great food and fun attractions, New York faces infrastructure problems within each borough. New York City’s infrastructure funding is limited in lower income neighborhoods, where money needed to upkeep the city goes toward prime tourist’s areas or residents living in high status neighborhoods, such as The Upper East Side of Manhattan, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, and Lenox Hill, Manhattan. Moreover, abandoned buildings, poor sewage conditions, and rocky roads and streets are examples of low-income area infrastructure problems that may hinder neighborhood growth both structurally and economically. Harlem, East Brooklyn, and South Bronx are low-income parts of New York that lack new and refined facilities, roads, plumbing, and fundamental structures, which contribute to high crime and arrests.