The Washington Post, April 26, 2021, D.C.’s explosive growth continued over the past decade, census data shows
A building boom followed the population influx, with luxury condos going up in neighborhoods such as Columbia Heights, NoMa and the Waterfront. At the same time, demand dramatically drove up housing costs. The median home value in Northwest Washington, for example, more than tripled between 2000 and 2016.
A 2019 report by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition identified Washington as the nation’s most intensely gentrified city between the years 2000 and 2013, finding at least 20,000 Black residents had been displaced.
