San Francisco's Western Addition District: housing may still be there, but gentrification has driven out most of its former residents.
Even California’s legendary neighbourhood NIMBY1 activists have had difficulty withstanding the relentless pressure for gentrification in downtown neighbourhoods. In 2015, San Francisco took steps to prevent long-standing neighbours from being overwhelmed and driven elsewhere by rising neighborhood prices. How did the city go about it? And now, four years later, has the measure been successful?
Read more in the San Francisco Chronicle: Neighborhood-Preference Program For Affordable Housing Proves Effective
