Here's a similar NPR Article (though much less dark), with probably the most ironic punchline I'll read all year . . .

    As the battle for Boyle Heights continues, gallery owner Eva Chimento is already thinking about her own long-term future in the neighborhood. But she says it has more to do with escalating costs than protests.

    "Well, when my lease is up," Chimento says. "I may be moving, too. I might not be able to afford the rent."



dublinben:

    A housing crisis is making homes unaffordable for the poor and middle class,

Typical passive voice being used to deflect blame from the parties responsible for this situation: NIMBY homeowners who have opposed densification and the building of additional housing. These activists and neighborhood associations should look among themselves for the true culprits of this artificial "housing crisis." Long-time residents who care more about propping up their property values and maintaining the "character" of the area than affordable housing are the real villains here, not galleries and tech companies. The sooner the public conversation can address this, the sooner we may be able to work towards real solutions, not the same failed 'solutions' of rent control and preventing evictions.


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