{"id":638,"date":"2023-01-11T02:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T02:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/?p=638"},"modified":"2023-06-23T16:17:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:17:58","slug":"compare-and-contrast-growth-displacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/638","title":{"rendered":"Compare and Contrast: Growth &amp; Displacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, the Mayor&#8217;s Office of Planning <a href=\"https:\/\/planning.dc.gov\/release\/us-census-bureau-numbers-show-dc%E2%80%99s-population-stabilizing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proudly announced that the city has started growing in population again<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are apparently 3,000 new people in DC than there was in July 2021, pointing to U.S. Census numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The local media quickly got-in-with-the-spin by parroting the executive to help spread the amazing word of D.C.&#8217;s &#8220;comeback.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cU.S. Census Bureau Numbers Show DC\u2019s Population Stabilizing\u201d<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popville.com\/2022\/12\/u-s-census-bureau-numbers-show-dcs-population-stabilizing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Of Petworth<\/a>, December 23, 2022<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D.C. Sees Slight Population Increase After Two Years Of Decline<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/22\/12\/26\/dc-new-census-numbers-population-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\">WAMU<\/a>, Jenny Garthright, Dec&nbsp;26,&nbsp;2022<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D.C.\u2019s population grew last year, reversing pandemic-related decline<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2022\/12\/23\/dc-census-2022-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>, Fredrick Kunkle, December 23, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, it is the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalcitycouncil.org\/about-us\/leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\">Federal City Council<\/a><\/strong> propped &#8220;think tank&#8221;, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yesimsy\/status\/1606292202375680000\" target=\"_blank\">DC Policy Center that checks the Mayor&#8217;s announcement<\/a> pointing out there is still a net migration of single wealthy professionals (&#8220;urbanists&#8221;) to lands beyond the District and that the &#8220;new people&#8221; that are &#8220;stabilizing&#8221; DC&#8217;s population loss are likely babies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yessim_saying_checking_pop_growth.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yessim_saying_checking_pop_growth.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yessim_saying_checking_pop_growth.png 648w, http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yessim_saying_checking_pop_growth-300x250.png 300w, http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yessim_saying_checking_pop_growth-624x520.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Compare and contrast the recent heralding of new DC babies to two other data points:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D.C. isn&#8217;t constructing family sized units (3+ bedrooms)<\/strong> &#8212; <em>Nearly 98% of all new housing units built in DC over the past 20 years are studio\/1bdrm\/2bdrm units (not family sized).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the new young people who moved into the city over the past decade have hooked up, gotten hitched, and are starting families. With DC&#8217;s severe limits to DC&#8217;s unoccupied single family housing stock coupled with the almost zero new construction of family sized units, many newly productive DC families are leaving the city to raise their children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What of the voluminous displacement of Black residents apparent with each major Census update ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrast the recent DC baby news with the fact that the Mayor never puts out any press releases telling the tale of displacement of Black DC and working-families (maybe because its the policies of the city directly responsible for the harm). Instead, when the Census pops showing the horrible numbers of those being shown the door (60,000 Black folks made gone from the city over the past two Census cycles), the Mayor&#8217;s Office of Planning tried to spin this displacement as &#8220;choice.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is, the Mayor&#8217;s &#8220;planning&#8221; officials are suggesting DC&#8217;s vulnerable communities are leaving their Chocolate City, their homes, their families simply because they seek greener pastures. And, the local media went right along with this terrible trope, going further and suggesting that the Census shows better integration of the city (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/21\/08\/17\/census-reveals-growing-diversity-in-washington-region-increasing-white-population-in-d-c\/\" target=\"_blank\">more mixing of races in DC&#8217;s neighborhoods<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who do you believe it serves to champion population growth in DC while simultaneously downplaying the harms or worse rewriting the reality of displacement for tens of thousands of working families and Black residents who cannot afford the real estate speculation gold rush over the past two decades?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ARTICLES ABOUT GROWTH AND DISPLACEMENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D.C.\u2019s population grew last year, reversing pandemic-related decline<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2022\/12\/23\/dc-census-2022-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2022\/12\/23\/dc-census-2022-growth\/<\/a><br>By Fredrick Kunkle<br>December 23, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D.C. Sees Slight Population Increase After Two Years Of Decline<\/strong><br>Jenny Garthright, Dec&nbsp;26,&nbsp;2022,&nbsp;1:08&nbsp;pm<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/22\/12\/26\/dc-new-census-numbers-population-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/22\/12\/26\/dc-new-census-numbers-population-increase\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1 in 4 public housing units sit vacant during D.C. affordability crisis<br><\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/lNl5M\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>, Steve Thompson, October 19, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DC\u2019s Population Growth Has Affected the Racial and Ethnic Composition of Wards 6, 7, and 8<\/strong><br>By: Elizabeth Burton, October 7, 2022<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/greaterdc.urban.org\/blog\/dcs-population-growth-has-affected-racial-and-ethnic-composition-wards-6-7-and-8\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/greaterdc.urban.org\/blog\/dcs-population-growth-has-affected-racial-and-ethnic-composition-wards-6-7-and-8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaningful Racial Equity in DC Zoning<\/strong><br>Kymone Freeman September 16, 2022<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weactradio.com\/2022\/09\/16\/dc-zoning-roundtable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.weactradio.com\/2022\/09\/16\/dc-zoning-roundtable\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leavin\u2019 the region &#8212; Greater Washington faces threat of increasing departures to other markets<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/V7sLx\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Business Journal<\/a>, Tristan Navera, Sep 9, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D.C. Becoming \u2018Chocolate City\u2019 Again After Pandemic \u2018White Flight\u2019 Reverses Gentrification Trend &#8212; The Census Bureau released new data this week.<\/strong><br>Bruce C.T. Wright Written By Bruce C.T. Wright, July 1, 2022<br><a href=\"https:\/\/newsone.com\/4364960\/dc-white-flight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/newsone.com\/4364960\/dc-white-flight\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D.C.&#8217;s White population has declined for the first time in two decades<\/strong><br>By Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post<br>July 1, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/cFQWZ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.ph\/cFQWZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charts of the week: A pandemic-induced exodus has broken the District\u2019s population boom<\/strong><br>Sunaina Bakshi Kathpalia, March 25, 2022<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dcpolicycenter.org\/publications\/census-shows-pandemic-exodus-has-broken-dc-population-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.dcpolicycenter.org\/publications\/census-shows-pandemic-exodus-has-broken-dc-population-growth\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chart of the week: Are D.C.\u2019s 25-34 year olds leaving the District because of pandemic telework?&nbsp;<\/strong><br>March 11, 2022, Bailey McConnell<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcpolicycenter.org\/publications\/young-professionals-leaving-dc-telework\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.dcpolicycenter.org\/publications\/young-professionals-leaving-dc-telework\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D.C.&#8217;s population is shrinking<\/strong><br>Jan 10, 2022, Paige Hopkins<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/washington-dc\/2022\/01\/10\/dc-population-shrinking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/washington-dc\/2022\/01\/10\/dc-population-shrinking<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DC had largest percentage drop in population in nation<\/strong><br>Valerie Bonk | vbonk@wtop.com<br>December 23, 2021, 6:54 AM<br><a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/dc\/2021\/12\/dc-had-largest-percentage-drop-in-population-in-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/wtop.com\/dc\/2021\/12\/dc-had-largest-percentage-drop-in-population-in-nation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why Is D.C. Losing So Many Residents?<\/strong><br>By Christopher Jones \u2022 December 27, 2021<br><a href=\"https:\/\/georgetowner.com\/articles\/2021\/12\/27\/d-c-s-population-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/georgetowner.com\/articles\/2021\/12\/27\/d-c-s-population-loss\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New census data finds D.C. had nation&#8217;s largest percentage drop in population<\/strong><br>December 23, 2021<br>H\u00e9ctor Alejandro Arzate<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/local\/305\/2021\/12\/23\/1067215177\/new-census-data-finds-d-c-had-nation-s-largest-percentage-drop-in-population\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/local\/305\/2021\/12\/23\/1067215177\/new-census-data-finds-d-c-had-nation-s-largest-percentage-drop-in-population<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Many fled D.C. during pandemic, halting city\u2019s population boom<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/vo1E3\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>, Tara Bahrampour and Marissa J. Lang, Dec 24 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1 in 7 residents of the D.C. area moved during the pandemic, poll finds &#8212; A larger share of area residents say they have seriously considered moving to a new community since the pandemic began<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/4WicW\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>, Luz Lazo and&nbsp;Emily Guskin, August 17, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Census Reveals Growing Diversity In Washington Region, Increasing White Population In D.C.<\/strong><br>Martin Austermuhle, Aug&nbsp;17,&nbsp;2021,&nbsp;4:15&nbsp;pm<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/21\/08\/17\/census-reveals-growing-diversity-in-washington-region-increasing-white-population-in-d-c\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/21\/08\/17\/census-reveals-growing-diversity-in-washington-region-increasing-white-population-in-d-c\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2020 census numbers show where our region is growing and where it&nbsp;isn\u2019t<\/strong><br>By DW Rowlands (Contributor) August 18, 2021<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ggwash.org\/view\/82241\/2020-census-numbers-show-where-our-region-is-growing-and-where-it-isnt\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ggwash.org\/view\/82241\/2020-census-numbers-show-where-our-region-is-growing-and-where-it-isnt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VERIFY: Yes, data shows 17,000 more people left D.C. in 2020 than year before, amid pandemic<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/verify\/verify-yes-data-shows-17000-more-people-left-dc-in-2020-than-year-before-amid-pandemic-covid-19-rehoboth-beach-lewes-delaware\/65-075fe120-cf98-4b31-bf01-ae86907bb134\" target=\"_blank\">WUSA9 News<\/a>, Evan Koslof, July 16, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2020 Census shows U.S. population grew at slowest pace since the 1930s<\/strong><br>By Tara Bahrampour,&nbsp; Harry Stevens,&nbsp; Adrian Blanco&nbsp;and&nbsp; Ted Mellnik<br>April 26, 2021<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/yDQi1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.ph\/yDQi1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opinion: There can be no racial equity in D.C. when Black and Brown families are being displaced <\/strong><br>The Washington Post\/Opinion by&nbsp;Minnie Elliott<br>March 5, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. EST<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/506<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COVID Is Carrying Young People Away from DC \u2014 Whether They Want to Leave or Not<br><\/strong>Hayden Higgins, Oct 15, 2020<br><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/seventhirty-dc\/covid-is-carrying-young-people-away-from-dc-whether-they-want-to-leave-or-not-e38ec01d6259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/seventhirty-dc\/covid-is-carrying-young-people-away-from-dc-whether-they-want-to-leave-or-not-e38ec01d6259<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More than 92 Percent of D.C. Residents Have Responded to 2020 Census<\/strong><br>by Stacy M. Brown September 23, 2020<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/more-than-92-percent-of-d-c-residents-have-responded-to-2020-census\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/more-than-92-percent-of-d-c-residents-have-responded-to-2020-census\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This GIF Shows How The D.C. Area\u2019s Demographics Have Changed Since 1970<\/strong><br>Jan&nbsp;14,&nbsp;2020,&nbsp;4:32&nbsp;pm<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/20\/01\/14\/this-gif-shows-how-the-d-c-areas-demographics-have-changed-since-1970\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/20\/01\/14\/this-gif-shows-how-the-d-c-areas-demographics-have-changed-since-1970\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Reason D.C.\u2019s Once-Dramatic Population Growth Is Slowing Down (And Why That\u2019s Not So Bad)<\/strong><br>Jan&nbsp;30,&nbsp;2019, Martin Austermuhle<br><a href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/19\/01\/30\/the-reason-d-c-s-once-dramatic-population-growth-is-slowing-down-and-why-thats-not-so-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/19\/01\/30\/the-reason-d-c-s-once-dramatic-population-growth-is-slowing-down-and-why-thats-not-so-bad\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Census: In D.C., Black Median Income Is Now Less Than a Third of White Median Income And other surprising highlights from the latest U.S. Census data<\/strong><br>by Andrew Giambrone September 15th, 2017<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtoncitypaper.com\/article\/325548\/census-in-dc-black-median-income-is-now-less-than-a-third-of-white-median-income\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/washingtoncitypaper.com\/article\/325548\/census-in-dc-black-median-income-is-now-less-than-a-third-of-white-median-income\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why do people move out of D.C.<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/DbSi6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>, Perry Stein, June 10, 2015<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p id=\"block-ac491278-1ccc-4943-be53-9371aabd5d9e\">I have no proof that apartments in these towers are being warehoused and acknowledge that such a thing may seem counterintuitive in today\u2019s allegedly red-hot market \u2014 or any market. But if demand for expensive units is softer than we\u2019ve been led to believe, <strong>I wonder if landlords could be hiding supply to keep their rents up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<cite>Lane Brown, writer for Curbed, in his Jan. 27, 2023 report, &#8220;New Yorkers Never Came \u2018Flooding Back.\u2019 Why Did Rents Go Up So Much? Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.&#8221;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Mayor&#8217;s Office of Planning proudly announced that the city has started growing in population again. There are apparently 3,000 new people in DC than there was in July 2021, pointing to U.S. Census numbers. The local media quickly got-in-with-the-spin by parroting the executive to help spread the amazing word of D.C.&#8217;s &#8220;comeback.&#8221; Interestingly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,15,37,16,35,18,17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-articles","category-construction","category-data","category-displacement","category-housing","category-issues","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}