Gentrification Is Not Just an Urban Issue

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 27, 2017

In the next installment of The People's Guide to Power: Real Estate Edition, New York director at the Regional Plan Association (RPA) Pierina Ana Sanchez looks at the issue of housing affordability in the cities and towns beyond New York City.

"Displacement risk is not a new phenomenon," said Sanchez, "it's rooted in systemic and structural racism in our region."

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