A part of the Thomas Scott Seminar series
About the seminarIn recent decades, American suburbs have undergone a so-called renaissance as multiple forces have transformed them into denser urban…
Gentrification
Hennepin County Board of Commissioners approved a contract with the Center of Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) to establish an Anti-Displacement Workgroup related to the design and construction of the METRO Blue Line Extension light rail. This action to invest in anti-displacement is…
Market-Rate Apartment Buildings Over 50 Units Constructed in Minneapolis, MN 2000- 2018
In the past 20 years, after decades of disinvestment and decline, central cities have seen a reversal of fortune and are experiencing rapid growth, particularly in the urban core. Many large cities…
CURA Researcher Rashad Williams presenting on mobile
home owners and displacement at UAA
home owners and displacement at UAA
CURA researchers and research projects were well represented at the recent Urban Affairs Association (UAA) conference in Los Angeles, April 24-27, 2019. In addition to the sessions below, Dr.…
Please join the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) for the first Thomas Scott Seminar.
The Urban Displacement Project: Urban Data Science for Policy Changepresented by Karen Chapple, Ph.D. About the seminar
The overheating of the housing…
The Diversity of Gentrification: Multiple Forms of Gentrification in Minneapolis and St. Paul
In January of 2019, the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) released its study of gentrification in Minneapolis and St. Paul between 2000 and 2015. “The Diversity of…
Lisa Bates, Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Portland State University
African American communities, enclosed and excluded by discrimination and disinvestment, are now being dismantled by gentrification in many of our cities. In the face of impending erasure, communities of…