Gentrification In Detroit

Gentrifying the city of Detroit is a good thing because the city needs to show improvement, develop into a better place ,and poor population numbers. Although lots of people may say that gentrification is an awful thing for Detroit, they always seem to miss the flaws about Detroit that needs to be handled, but there are bad things that could be horrible for the city of Detroit It is observed that Detroit has had a recent reduction in the population. Resulting to the decrease in population the “Brightmoor” neighborhood in the Detroit district is being gentrified as of a similar situation resorting to loss of population along the rest of the city. To handle the situation, the neighborhood has been gentrified with an astounding outcome. …show more content…
One negative impact of Detroit is the situation of people being evicted from their homes. People were receiving letters about evicting their homes for other families to move in, which would result in them losing their furniture in their house which they purchased with their hard earned money. This is related to gentrification because retailers wanted others to abandon their house just so they could be rebuilt for others to move in. A situation similar to the situation above was that Caucasian people moved into the Detroit area, causing African American seniors to sign up for a Senior Housing Displacement-Preservation Coalition to keep their homes so Caucasians wouldn’t have a chance to move into their homes. Based on the discussed subject a quote from a newamericamedia.org article states,’’ “I visited seniors who, after they moved, had no furniture in their homes” and “Perry said she became so engaged in her research that she joined the Senior Housing Displacement-Preservation Coalition, a community advocacy group that is working to preserve senior housing, and to ease the transition for those who become