1. STL'S REBOUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS: WHAT CAN WE DO TO PRESERVE AFFORDABILITY AND DIVERSITY? MOLLY METZGER – SLACO – 11/14/2015

2. “Rebounding Neighborhoods” and/or “Gentrification”?

3.  Gentrification = “The production of space for progressively more affluent users” (Hackworth, 2002)  Changes in demographic composition and cultural life of a neighborhood  The problem with gentrification is the displacement of poor and working class households.

4. “Positive gentrification ” is a misnomer. The goal should be development without displacement.

5. Is gentrification a problem in St. Louis?

6. CASE STUDY: Voices of Women

8. The City Garden Catchment Area

9. Race and Ethnicity

11. Change in Black Population, 2000 to 2010

12. – 590 (30% loss)

13. Change in Black Population, 2000 to 2010 – 590 (30% loss) – 641 (42% loss)

14. Change in Black Population, 2000 to 2010 – 590 (30% loss) – 641 (42% loss) – 311 (47% loss)

15. Change in Black Population, 2000 to 2010 – 590 (30% loss) – 641 (42% loss) – 311 (47% loss) – 2,029 (45% loss)

16. Income

21. – 107 (26% loss) Change in Families Earning <$50k, 2000 to 2010

22. – 107 (26% loss) – 251 (67% loss)

23. – 67 (44% loss) – 107 (26% loss) – 251 (67% loss) Change in Families Earning <$50k, 2000 to 2010

24. – 67 (44% loss) – 107 (26% loss) – 251 (67% loss) – 379 (35% loss) Change in Families Earning <$50k, 2000 to 2010

25. MECHANISMS OF DISPLACEMENT “ Convergent themes centered on market (economic), non-market (social, community), and political (policy, ordinance) factors. “Across these themes, residents consistently expressed concern about reductions in affordable, quality housing stock, costly local ordinances and citations, and a growing sense of community disconnection in their neighborhoods.” Center for Social Development http://csd.wustl.edu/Publications/Documents/ city-garden_final-report.pdf

26. What should we do?

27. A COALITION AGENDA (A WORK IN PROGRESS) Link low- and moderate-income households to available resources YIMBY to mixed income housing development (anti-NIMBYism) Lobby for policies promoting equitable housing policy at the local, state, and federal levels Voices of Women

28. Change in Black Population, 2000 to 2010 – 590 (30% loss) – 641 (42% loss) – 311 (47% loss) – 2,029 (45% loss)