How Anti-Gentrification Measures May Impact Neighborhood Investment

By Nereida Moreno
Empowering La Comunidad – Gentrification Town Hall
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION - The crowd shares its sentiment at "Empowering La Communidad," a community town hall on gentrification and its effects on Los Angeles' latinx communities on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 in Los Angeles. The event was held at Cal State LA with special keynote speaker, labor and civil rights icon, Dolores Huerta. Carlos Delgado / AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Empowering La Comunidad – Gentrification Town Hall
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION - The crowd shares its sentiment at "Empowering La Communidad," a community town hall on gentrification and its effects on Los Angeles' latinx communities on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 in Los Angeles. The event was held at Cal State LA with special keynote speaker, labor and civil rights icon, Dolores Huerta. Carlos Delgado / AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation

How Anti-Gentrification Measures May Impact Neighborhood Investment

By Nereida Moreno
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Landlord groups and some individual homeowners say Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s recent efforts to combat gentrification may have the opposite effect.

Reset checks in with Crain’s Chicago Business to discuss the city’s anti-gentrification policies, and how local investors are responding.

GUEST: Dennis Rodkin, Crain’s Chicago Business residential real estate reporter