Article
Does the Threat of Gentrification Justify Restrictive Zoning?
Real Estate Law Journal
(2017)
Abstract
Historically, progressives have opposed restrictive zoning, arguing that by restricting the housing supply to high-end housing, zoning reduces the supply of housing available to lower-income Americans. But recently, some progressives have suggested that new market-rate housing facilitates gentrification and displacement of lower-income renters. This article critically examines that theory.
Keywords
- gentrification,
- housing,
- urban,
- rent,
- zoning,
- market-rate
Disciplines
Publication Date
Winter 2017
Citation Information
46 Real Est. L.J. 447 (2017)