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Date
5-7-2021
Description
Portland’s Black population has been heavily impacted by gentrification in the historic Albina community. Nearly half of Portland’s Black population lives in the area east of 82nd Ave, known as East Portland. This has had substantial impacts on both Black households that can continue living in Albina and those living in East Portland. The suburban-esque built environment of East Portland makes it difficult to get around and reach basic necessities. Those living in Albina have taken on exorbitant rents. Both groups suffer from a geographic divide that has made it difficult to rely on family and friends for basic needs like childcare and fulfilling social needs. This seminar will walk through those difficulties as found through a qualitative study of 27 low-income Black households in Portland. It also highlights the difficulties those households faced using various modes of transportation, why they chose the modes they did, and how they coped with their mode choices. See BikePortland's coverage of the research project: Interviews reveal transportation impacts of Albina displacement.
Biographical Information
Steven Howland has a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from Portland State University where he focused on economic development, housing, and their intersection with transportation. Currently, Steven is an Assistant Economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. At the Federal Reserve, he conducts research for the community development team with a focusing on housing, jobs, digital divide, entrepreneurship, and access to credit.
Subjects
Gentrification -- Oregon -- Portland, Transit-oriented development -- Oregon -- Portland, Neighborhoods -- Oregon -- Portland, Transportation -- Planning, Poor -- Transportation -- Oregon -- Portland
Disciplines
Transportation | Urban Studies and Planning
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/35671
Recommended Citation
Howland, Steven, "Transportation and Gentrification: Impacts on Low-income Black Households in Portland" (2021). PSU Transportation Seminars. 207.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/35671