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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Families on bikes at a July Fourth parade in Houston’s Northside neighborhood. Jimmy Castillo

September 20, 2024

Gentrification isn’t inevitable − it can hinge on how residents view their neighborhood

Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Sarah Mayorga, Brandeis University

A case study of a mainly Latino neighborhood in Houston shows that when residents value a neighborhood as it is, they can forestall large-scale redevelopment.

Real estate prices are still related to a neighborhood’s racial composition, despite laws prohibiting the explicit consideration of race in appraisals. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

September 24, 2020

Homes in Black and Latino neighborhoods still undervalued 50 years after US banned using race in real estate appraisals

Junia Howell, University of Pittsburgh and Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, University of New Mexico

New research shows homes in white areas have appreciated $200,000 more since 1980 than similar homes in nonwhite areas – a result of both old racist housing policies and modern real estate practices.

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