[joeg1985]

Gentrification does not have to mean pushing the poor out of a neighborhood. It's frustrating that everyone seems to be totally satisfied for how our neighborhoods gentrify today even though that gentrification typically makes our hoods less dense and less vibrant. We need to find the model for keeping neighborhoods intact while gentrifying them. Seattle is trying new ways, one of which requires affordable housing to be built within the same neighborhood for which the development is that contributed the housing credit funds. So if you build a tower in Lakeview and contribute funds rather than actual affordable units, those funds have to be built in Lakeview. Thus keeping a good balance of affordable units across the city and maybe, hopefully, letting longtime residents continue to dwell in their neighborhood.

We must think of better ways to make sure our cities include people from all backgrounds.