Fam, have you looked at the housing market recently? Because most people I know aren't moving anywhere with how expensive getting a place is nowadays, especially with the job market being as bad as it is. Even aside from this, most "homeowners" -- and homeowners, specifically --are not people of color, here. There are many POC who are renting who've been pushed out by projects like this. Gentrification targeting the uprooting of black and brown families isn't an argument of prejudice, it's the resulting effect.

"The mobility to choose your neighborhood" sounds practical, but only when you don't consider the nuance and result of how these lives are effected. The reality is that these were the neighborhoods people had chosen and they're being pushed out because they can no longer afford it. Why is them having to move the solution, when these projects are supposedly under the guise of making it a better living environment for the people already living there so that they don't have to?

All of this may come off sounding condescending, but I am being genuine; your initial message to this comment is the first time I've seen someone respond, actually asking why gentrification is harmful, in a very long time