Gentrification Toolkits

Bloomberg Associates is an international consulting service founded by Michael R. Bloomberg in 2014 as a philanthropic venture. Directed by a team of globally recognized practitioners, Bloomberg Associates collaborates directly with mayors to help identify opportunities, diagnose challenges, set measurable goals for success, implement best practices, convene stakeholders, and foster key relationships in order to make a lasting impact in cities. Bloomberg Associates engaged a Capstone team to develop a toolkit that can help client cities diagnose their needs and challenges relating to gentrification and determine feasible, implementable solutions. The team conducted a literature review, case study, and interviews with experts and subjects in a selected city. The team created a toolkit that provides Bloomberg Associates and its clients with the best practices in diagnosing, preventing, and measuring progress in the prevention of involuntary displacement, tracking the success of policies aimed at preventing this displacement, and generating constructive public conversation on gentrification. The team members produced a presentation and booklet detailing their findings.