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New Research Finds Transit Development Has Limited Effect on Displacement

Research published in Housing Policy Debate, “Investigating Transit-Induced Displacement Using Eviction Data,” finds limited evidence that new transit development increases eviction rates in surrounding neighborhoods. The findings run counter to the popular belief that transit development causes…

New Research Documents Gentrification-Related Evictions in Detroit

An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Gentrification-Induced Displacement in Detroit, Michigan: An Analysis of Evictions,” maps evictions in the city between 2009 and 2015, finding evidence that geographic patterns of evictions shift with patterns of gentrification. The article presents a case…