Inequitable Gentrification: A Form of Exclusionary Zoning that Violates the New Jersey Constitution

By Ruby Kish

15 May, 2019

From the perspective of many low-income families, gentrification is the ultimate social injustice; where “wealthy, usually white, newcomers are congratulated for "improving" a neighborhood whose poor, minority residents are displaced by skyrocketing rents and economic change.”

A social injustice promulgated by local government action, gentrification is no longer confined to our big cities and is increasingly impacting smaller cities and towns as municipalities seek to increase their tax base by luring wealthy residents in search of urban amenities and replace low income residents in the process.

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Inequitable Gentrification: A Form of Exclusionary Zoning that Violates the New Jersey Constitution