Brooklyn activist is selfie-ish about nabes [anti-gentrification]

[LiberalElite]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/activist-selfie-ish-nabes-article-1.1876402

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The 'Before it's gone — Take it back' campaign started in New York City to fight gentrification and has supporters as far away as India. Organizer inspired by Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing.'

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[sabbat hunter]

1. gentrification

brings with it pluses and minuses. The pluses include lowering of crime, increase in quality of life, greater choices in places to eat, shop, etc. The big minus is how rents will go up as property becomes in demand.

I would love to find a way to keep rents down (and lower current rents), while lowering crime, increasing quality of life, give greater choices of places to eat, etc.


rental property is very tight in NYC, mainly because developers have to be forced to build affordable housing. In order to get their projects approved for luxury co-ops, condos, developers agree to set aside a certain amount for affordable units. But there is no developer out there rushing to build only affordable rental housing.

[hrmjustin]

2. My area has been able to avoid it in brookoyn for the most part.