Displacement of Low-Income Minorities in San Francisco

A new paper shows that a rise in rents in the Bay Area has pushed minority families to the outer edges of the region. This is important because the areas that these minorities move to have fewer high quality schools, grocery stores and other resources. Minorities in America face a lower quality of life compared to the result of the population so the displacement caused by the housing crisis in San Francisco is contributing further to the inequality. San Francisco’s housing crisis perpetuates the poverty trap faced by low income minorities in the city.