4WWL, November 20, 2023. ‘They Became White Neighborhoods Almost Overnight’ – Katrina Supercharged N.O. Gentrification
In a 2020 study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, New Orleans ranked 5th in the country’s 20 most gentrified cities. New Orleans is now a city where the cost of living has surpassed the rate of pay for many and with the disparities and disadvantages exacerbated by Hurricane Katrina.
It isn’t the only community actively gentrifying in New Orleans. According to the National Community Reinvestment Coalitions Gentrification and Disinvestment report done in 2020, neighborhoods like Treme, Central City, the 7th Ward and the Irish Channel are just some of the 13 neighborhoods undergoing gentrification.
