In a recently published article “Gentrification in a Brooklyn Neighborhood Forces Residents to Move On” states that the rise in gentrification is causing residents to be displaced. Crown Heights in Brooklyn is one of the most rapid gentrified neighborhoods in the city. In response to gentrification in the neighborhood, landlords are forcing their tenant to move out by not providing heat and hot water in the winter. Moreover, landlords are leaving their tenants infested with mold, flies, and rats in order to force them out so that they can raise their rent for new tenants. In other words, landlords are ignoring the problems of the low- income tenants as a form of tactic to force them out. They are left vulnerable from the rise in rents which forced many of them to move out and go to homeless shelters, or even fleeing back to their home country. Many of the tenants are immigrants looking for a better life but gentrification is leaving them with no hope for the American dream.
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I did not know about this. It’s crazy how landlords are mistreating their tenants. I think that one of the things that the residents can do is research their rights and fight against this.
There is pros and cons of gentrification, but the quality of life of an individual is more important than anything else. Everyone should deserve a better quality of life. They should be able to meet their basic needs such as health care, housing, etc.
I find this truly disheartening for the landlords to commit literal acts of evil. Everyone should be entitled to live in their homes and be comfortable. Although gentrification does have their pros, the cons seem to be a lot more serious. Gentrification makes it difficult for the poor to stay in their homes and destroys cultures.
These tenants deserve better. They are most likely hard-working people who just want to rest after work but they have to deal with this. I hope the tenants are fighting back because surely this is illegal.