Hancock Community residents raise concerns about gentrification issues
This article expresses the concerns of residents in the Hancock Community who feel that gentrification is becoming a constant problem. They voice complaints about things related to the subject — the rising costs of rent pushing elderly residents from their homes, destroying historic community identities and higher rents being placed on buildings in the area, forcing them out.
‘Studentification’ of Athens to pause as mixed residential project moves in
This article is about a development project that would bring residential homes, a grocery store and a restaurant to downtown Athens. It lays parallel the effects of gentrification and the way the city is trying to combat it.
Athens rising: Luxury housing brings change to downtown
This article discusses the luxury housing options being built in downtown Athens and how those more high-rent options are forcing low-income residents further away from the downtown and university areas of Athens.
Students shape Athens housing market while poverty issues persist in the city
This article compares student life with the life of low-income Athenians, in light of Bolton Dining Commons being built so near to the Parkview Homes public housing community. It also delves deeper into what leads to poverty and some of the struggles that arise from a lack of resources.
Gentrification in a Brooklyn neighborhood forces residents to move on
This article is not about Athens specifically, however, I feel that it relates directly to my beat because it is a great example of the type of article that I would like to write. It tells the stories of displaced people, while also acknowledging and addressing the issues that led to their displacement. Written for The New York Times, this story about Crown Heights is very interesting and does a good job of showing how gentrification makes one feel.