Fredrick Kunkle, Jason Samenow. “District Opens Shelters Early amid Record-Breaking October Heat.”
Fredrick Kunkle, Jason Samenow. “District Opens Shelters Early amid Record-Breaking October Heat.” The Washington Post, W.P. Company, 3 Oct. 2019.
Kunkle and Samenow illustrate how other factors different from gentrification causes housing problems. The authors of how different towns in the U.S. once experienced housing problems when the nation experiences an extreme increase in temperature. Some parts of the country, like D.C. and Baltimore, experienced a temperature increase of 24 degrees Celsius beyond the normal. This literature indicates the role of governments in combating housing challenges. In D.C., the district’s City government under Mayor Muriel Browser opened homeless shelters, activated the city’s emergency heat plan, extended hours availed for the homeless, and after the public depicted its attitudes on social media. In Biltmore, authorities opened extra six shelters that used to work overnight and urged residents to utilize the air-conditioned public buildings like libraries and recreation centers. This source helps me to understand the different possible causes of housing issues and which approaches I can use to address them.
Haltiwanger, John. “Gentrification In America: What Actually Happens When The Rich Move In And The Poor Are Forced Out” Elite Daily, Elite Daily, 6 Aug. 2014
Haltiwanger highlights the consequences of evicting the vulnerable from their residence by the rich. The author credits the increase in land and housing prices for the evictions. Gentrifiers are most privileged in society like the educated or the rich who have resources and networks of friends who help in capturing the facilities. This literature helps one to appreciate the why the less privileged in the society experience much of the displacement. Due to the social status of the rich and the educated, the group prefers settling in towns like New York and San Francisco, in renovated neighborhoods like Columbia Heights due to their proximity to amenities like schools and refreshment sports club. This threatens the vulnerable tenant of displacement. In my opinion, if American authorities are disheartened by the displacement trends, they liaise with politicians to alleviate the poverty index in the nation. This would reduce the inequality between the rich and the poor, which reduces displacements.
Jamison, Peter. “Could a Community Land Trust Help Solve D.C.’s Gentrification Crisis?” The Washington Post, W.P. Company, 2 Oct. 2019
Jamison explains the use of community land trust to alleviate D.C.’s gentrification crisis. In the east of Anacostia River, the nonprofit acquires land through shared equity and creates an island of affordability and cushions against gentrification. In D.C. and Atlanta, community land trust helps preserve affordable housing. The work indicates the contribution of D.C.’s Tenants Opportunity to Purchase Act in Atlanta, like the BeltLine tenants. At Savannah, the tenants joined with the nonprofit National Housing Trust that reserves affordable housing like the Savanah Congress Heights for low-income people who take about 50 percent of local median income. This work authenticate the efforts of the authorities in combating rent increase. The efforts of the authorities indicate the desire to help the vulnerable. This literature helps a reader to appreciate the use of land trust, and enactments to fight the unbearable increases. Acquiring land by nonprofit organizations helps offers a competitively fair rental rate that forces landlords to lower their rents while enactments restrict landlord within a specific range of rents.
Lang, Marissa. “Housing Advocates Push for More Aggressive Rent-Control Measures in D.C.” The Washington Post, W.P. Company, 2 Oct. 2019.
Lang indicates how different groups advocates for the control of the increasing rent in D. C and the resulting displacement. The different approaches include the adoption of platforms like the D.C. Tenants Union, District’s rent-control law, and the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity. The Institute’s research reveals the places that gentrification problems hit most. This knowledge allows the advocates to give the residents of the region the much-needed attention. The multi-prong platform capped rent increase in new housing projects for at least 15 years from the date of their commissioning. Lang’s literature derives authenticity from its reliance on existing structures like unions and authorities like the Institute and the rent control law. The three structures jointly pull tenants’ welfare together. The approaches of the literature identify with the challenges that arise from gentrification. The efforts Land highlight prove useful because they highlight the critical tactics that would help alleviate the problems that associate with gentrification like displacement.
Works Cited
Fredrick Kunkle, Jason Samenow. “District Opens Shelters Early amid Record-Breaking October Heat.” The Washington Post, W.P. Company, 3 Oct. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/10/02/district-opens-shelters-early-amid-record-breaking-october-heat/.
Haltiwanger, John. “Gentrification In America: What Actually Happens When The Rich Move In And The Poor Are Forced Out.” Elite Daily, Elite Daily, 6 Aug. 2014, www.elitedaily.com/elite/gentrification-america-cities-poverty-inequality/697531.
Jamison, Peter. “Could a Community Land Trust Help Solve D.C.’s Gentrification Crisis?” The Washington Post, W.P. Company, 2 Oct. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/could-a-community-land-trust-help-solve-dcs-gentrification-crisis/2019/10/01/bba990fc-de11-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html.
Lang, Marissa. “Housing Advocates Push for More Aggressive Rent-Control Measures in D.C.” The Washington Post, W.P. Company, 2 Oct. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/local/housing-advocates-push-for-more-aggressive-rent-control-measures-in-dc/2019/10/02/39d3c9b6-e52e-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html.