A landmark study on gentrification shows that 15% of urban neighborhoods have been gentrified — leading to the displacement of at least half a million Black residents.
Eliana Perozo, Next City
Eliana Perozo is Next City's Equitable Cities Reporting Fellow for Anti-Displacement Strategies. An engagement reporter and political educator based in New York City, she has covered social services, education, New York’s migrant crisis, criminal justice, public health and more. Before transitioning into engagement journalism, Eliana spent nearly 10 years working in movement spaces as an organizer and policy expert. She is an Ida B. Wells Scholar from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and holds an M.A. in engagement journalism. Her work has been featured on This American Life.