How Trump’s Tax Cuts Could Accelerate Gentrification and Inequality in Houston
“Once a crown jewel of Black Houston, the Third Ward is no longer affordable for many longtime homeowners and tenants. High-end townhomes have subsumed many parts of the historically African-American neighborhood just east of downtown. From 2000 to 2013, median home values here soared 176 percent, while the African-American share of the ward’s population fell by more than 10 percent over roughly the same period.”