03/29/2024

Mapping Bay Area’s Resegregation: What You See May Surprise You

As Bay Area cities scramble to find housing solutions to prevent displacement, a new report warns that the region is resegregating by race and class.

Urban Habitat, a nonprofit located in Oakland that focuses on equity issues, released a report this week that takes a closer look at where the demographic shifts are happening within the nine-county Bay Area, as well as Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties.

“The most dramatic increases in poverty, from a regional scale, are actually happening in suburbs and cities outside of the traditional regional center,” said Tony Samara, the Oakland-based group’s program director for land use and housing.

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