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Gentrification is the territorial expansion of a wealthy community into a disinvested neighborhood, the installation of the social and legal regimes of the newcomers, and the deployment of new physical capital, both on a small scale—by homeowners undertaking renovations—and on a larger scale, by landed capitalists and public-sector officials keen to raise revenue.

Oregon is emerging as a testing ground for a new approach to solving the nationwide shortage of affordable housing.

Asked by Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) on whether he felt the need to apologize for his remarks about “big, hairy men” trying to infiltrate women’s homeless shelters, HUD Secretary Ben Carson declined.

The move, which combines money and land, is the latest effort by technology companies to ease the state’s severe housing shortage.

Tthe President of the United States described the impeachment investigation against him as a “lynching.” This is not by accident.

House Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on “The End of Affordable Housing? A Review of the Trump Administration’s Plans to Change Housing Finance in America,” with testimony from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of Housing Dr. Ben Carson.

HireVue claims it uses artificial intelligence to decide who’s best for a job. Outside experts call it ‘profoundly disturbing.’

The bank’s grant, the largest so far in the corridor; will support affordable housing and small businesses.

Mapping Segregation is a resource for historians, activists, educators, students and journalists, and provides essential context for conversations around race and gentrification in D.C.

More than half of the world’s banks are already in a weak position before any downturn that may be coming, according to a report from consultancy McKinsey & Co.

New polling suggests that Trump’s base is totally unified behind the president, no matter what investigations might reveal.

Author Anand Giridharadas is rebuking the idea that philanthropic billionaires are society’s heroes. Even some plutocrats are starting to agree with him.

Regulators have long warned the credit bureaus about deceptive marketing that causes consumers to sign up unwittingly for paid monitoring services. But the practice has persisted, according to complaint data.

Five luminaries explain the concept of ‘environmental justice’ and reveal why, alongside the climate crisis, it is one of the most pressing issues of our time

Some Bay Area activists are taking their wealth and are spending it on housing — for others. Rebelling against real estate speculation, they are building homes that will be kept affordable in perpetuity.