gentrify

Example Sentences

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Organizers fear the office-centric development, with a K Line stop onsite, will further gentrify the neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022

Until recently, community activists had opposed the project because they said it would gentrify their predominantly working-class, Latino and Asian neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2022

Rundown apartments are still a hazard, but displacement has become public enemy No. 1 in housing policy as city neighborhoods gentrify and awareness of the importance of stability grows.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2022

“Looking at where I live right now, it’s like they want to push us out farther and, well, it will gentrify the community,” said Ms. Wiley, the president of an organization opposing the development.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2021

He said the effort was a misguided attempt to gentrify blighted neighborhoods under the guise of fighting crime — a claim disputed by city leaders.

From Washington Post