Uprooting

How Can I Ethically Sell My Home in a Gentrifying Neighborhood?

Authors

  • Amie Thurber Portland State University

Keywords:

gentrification, Nashville, relational-accountability

Abstract

In areas that are rapidly gentrifying, the decisions sellers make—to whom to sell, and for how much to sell—are of particular consequence to their neighborhood. As someone who studies the myriad harms of gentrification, these decisions were particularly acute when I was facing them myself. Interweaving Nashville history, gentrification scholarship, and personal reflection, this article traces the ways my family navigated the question of how ethically to sell our home in a gentrifying market in order to be accountable to the neighborhoods we left behind.

Author Biography

Amie Thurber, Portland State University

Dr. Thurber is an Assistant Professor in the Portland State University School of Social Work. Her scholarship is broadly concerned with the ways persistent inequities are spatialized, and the possibilities for building more just communities through innovations in policy, practice and participatory inquiry. Recent projects include consulting with the City of Nashville on an equitable development plan for the city, studying the effects of mixed-income housing on social well-being, and conducting action research designed to amplify resident-led efforts to improve their neighborhoods.

Additional Files

Published

2019-05-23

How to Cite

Thurber, A. (2019). Uprooting: How Can I Ethically Sell My Home in a Gentrifying Neighborhood?. Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, 9(1), 31–41. Retrieved from https://wpcjournal.com/article/view/18726

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2019): Understanding & Dismantling Privilege

Section

Creative Works & Self-Reflections

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