While the current state of gentrification prevents it from being overturned or scaled back in the cities and communities that it has affected, there are however, solutions into how it can be made manageable as well as alleviated in places where it has severely been a detriment to the residents. Furthermore, these proposals are not grandiose in nature or outlandish in nature. They are very applicable, real worldly, and have been implemented in areas albeit on a smaller, but yet still effective scale. Therefore, with rental prices being extremely high in areas that are currently undergoing gentrification, the policy of rental control a system in which prices are capped at certain level, should be implemented at a reasonable rate, in order to
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Furthermore, in Europe, members of the European Union such as Germany, and the Netherlands all have a system of policies, which carry substantial weight in the implementation of it. The German system known as Mietspiegel (rent index) provides substantial tenant rights to the residents, which is why Germany has one of the highest rates of renters in Europe. This model, which is kept up to date yearly, factors in many things such as the age of the building, surface, quality of life, as well as the immediate community. Furthermore, if the landlord raises the rent higher than 20% of the established index, the tenant is allowed by law to take legal …show more content…
However, while rental control is one way for residents to reclaim their neighborhoods from gentrification, another way to fight back against it, is the creation of community trusts, which are incorporated when individuals in their respective areas buy land not being utilized in their neighborhoods. Furthermore, by buying this land it protects it from being developed by outside developers, and allows it to be used by the community in the form of community gardens, as well as housing for low income families if homes are built upon it. These community trusts have started to come into focus in Austin, Texas which like many sunbelt regions has seen tremendous growth as a result gentrification, but also in areas such as Baltimore, Maryland a city in the grips of economic downturn which has seen vacated homes turned into housing for their expansive homeless
Furthermore, in Europe, members of the European Union such as Germany, and the Netherlands all have a system of policies, which carry substantial weight in the implementation of it. The German system known as Mietspiegel (rent index) provides substantial tenant rights to the residents, which is why Germany has one of the highest rates of renters in Europe. This model, which is kept up to date yearly, factors in many things such as the age of the building, surface, quality of life, as well as the immediate community. Furthermore, if the landlord raises the rent higher than 20% of the established index, the tenant is allowed by law to take legal …show more content…
However, while rental control is one way for residents to reclaim their neighborhoods from gentrification, another way to fight back against it, is the creation of community trusts, which are incorporated when individuals in their respective areas buy land not being utilized in their neighborhoods. Furthermore, by buying this land it protects it from being developed by outside developers, and allows it to be used by the community in the form of community gardens, as well as housing for low income families if homes are built upon it. These community trusts have started to come into focus in Austin, Texas which like many sunbelt regions has seen tremendous growth as a result gentrification, but also in areas such as Baltimore, Maryland a city in the grips of economic downturn which has seen vacated homes turned into housing for their expansive homeless