In an op-ed published in collaboration with the Urban Resilience Project, William Fulton (author of Place and Prosperityhighlights two Houston developments, a mile and a half apart, that show two different approaches to addressing rapid gentrification. 

Fulton writes:

The anti-gentrification approaches taken in recent years sometimes seem like mere bandages, dulling the problem but not solving it. But that’s why we need to keep trying different approaches, like the Concept Neighborhood idea, that take advantage of market trends – but respect the underlying culture and economics of gentrifying neighborhoods.

Read the full article published in Next City HERE