These neighborhoods proved you can reduce poverty without major gentrification
“What does it take to lift a community out of poverty? Many times, the answer is bringing in developers to build new housing and businesses, but that usually leads to gentrification. However, new research that has been decades in the making shows there are communities across the country that have made their communities better and wealthier—all while keeping many families in their homes. South Phoenix is seeing poverty reduction without major gentrification because the community is pouring back into itself.”