Today In My City

Housing Policy

4 articles

A split image showing a modern, upscale building juxtaposed with an older, distressed residential building, with concerned residents observing the change.
Neighborhoods

What is Gentrification and Why Does it Displace Communities?

Between 2000 and 2019, 25% of Black residents left Chicago due to factors including school closures, the demolition of public housing, increased policing, and a lack of essential resources, according

Chloe Jenkins·September 14, 2026
A split image showing a historic street in Pittsburgh's Hill District contrasted with modern new construction, symbolizing neighborhood revitalization and its complex impacts.
Neighborhoods

Neighborhood Revitalization: Impacts and Equity Challenges

In Pittsburgh's historic Hill District, a substantial $468 million in public-private investments over a 16-year period transformed the urban landscape.

Chloe Jenkins·September 7, 2026
Juxtaposition of a modern city street with a historical image of a demolished neighborhood, symbolizing displacement from revitalization.
Neighborhoods

Revitalization Programs: Displacement Risks in Older Neighborhoods

In the 1960s, Portsmouth city officials razed most of the North End neighborhood for a shopping mall and commercial development, displacing 300 families.

Chloe Jenkins·September 2, 2026
Diverse city residents collaborating on neighborhood development plans, with city hall visible in the background, symbolizing the impact of council decisions.
Neighborhoods

How City Council Decisions Shape Neighborhood Development

At public engagement events shaping local development in 2026, older, white homeowners are often overrepresented, while renters and people of color are frequently left out, skewing decisions that affe

Michael Sullivan·August 11, 2026