BRIH-Ch. 2. Black Relocation Is the Result of the New Urbanites and Developers Increasing Pressure on Black Communities to Provide Cheap Reserve Housing to Supply Their Urban Dream by Combining Increasing Rents/Housing Costs With Police Brutality

Harnessing Black Consumer and Economic Power As An Agent For Social Change.

Black Relocation Is Happening v2.2. 

CH. 2. 

Relocation of Blacks is both occurring and already occurred in New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles.[8]   Relocation efforts against Black communities by whites began over 15 Years Ago![9] It has been a sustained and continual effort. This relocation is the result of both economic and racial pressure being placed upon Black communities by groups of both the liberal and the conservative camps- increased police brutality combined with increased rents and housing costs. Like the Los Angeles County area, these cities already had a shortage of affordable housing on the “white” side of town due to modern Jim-Crow.[10] Most of the property outside of Black areas was too expensive for people. The new urbanites’ mass movements into urban areas at “unanticipated proportions”[11] increases the demand for affordable housing in Black areas.[12] This demand left Black communities to provide the affordable housing due to the scarcity of affordable housing elsewhere. The result is additional and sustained pressure on Black communities as a resource for cheap housing. This increased pressure combined with a brutal police force creates the perfect recipe for relocation.[13] Of course this is no solution- it appears once even the cheap areas are “renewed” no one can afford to buy property or afford rent due to extraordinary high prices except the relocation groups- i.e. Oakland, San Francisco, Brooklyn, Harlem, Washington D.C and Los Angeles.[14]

Increasing rent and housing prices have pushed Blacks out of the largest Northern and Western cities. For example, San Francisco, Oakland, New York City, Washington D.C., Seattle and Los Angeles top the 10 most expensive cities for rent lists this year, again.[15] The cities rank as the most expensive cities to rent as follows: 1.San Francisco, CA 2. New York, NY 3. Boston, MA 4. Oakland, CA 5. San Jose, CA 6. Washington D.C. 7. Los Angeles, CA 8. Miami, FL 9. Chicago, IL 10. Seattle, WA.[16] In San Francisco, a one bedroom now rents for approximately $3, 590 per month medium cost[17]. Oakland, the once Black side of the Bay Area, is now one of the most expensive cities with one bedroom rents averaging approximately $2,280 per month.[18]   

Including the costs of living index, “renewed” cities again top the most expensive prices lists. According to Kiplinger.com, Manhattan NY, San Francisco CA, Brooklyn NY, Washington DC, Oakland CA and Seattle WA are the most expensive cities to live in for 2017 including the cost of living, and rank 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 respectively.[19] In Oakland, with a medium home value already at $458,000 and after rising 9.6% over the last year, home prices are expected to climb another 2.9% in the next 12 months according to Zillow estimates.[20]   

The home prices are obscene, especially in California. In 2016 the price for a standard four bedroom, two bath home in the most expensive housing market of Saratoga, CA was $2,453,718.[21] For 2016, all top 10 most expensive markets were located in California, and six were in the Silicon Valley[22].   However, these numbers do not include New York City which saw condominium and co-op apartments reach $1.87 million on average in 2015.[23] In 2016, 25 communities in the United States contained housing markets where the average four bedroom two bathroom home is more than $1 million dollars.[24] The national average listing price of a four bedroom two bathroom is $320,420.”[25] In California, these prices increased from 2015.[26]

Housing costs are ridiculous and segregated.   It’s become a self-fueling cycle of greed and racial homogenizing of the population and this cycle is placing Black populations at risk. For example, the obscene housing prices in San Francisco, New York City and white Washington DC resulted in encroachment into Oakland, Harlem, Brooklyn and remaining DC, respectfully, which resulted in increased rents and housing prices forcing relocation in those areas. These “renewed” cities are already too expensive for most middle class buyers, especially in the “white” side of town[27].   The result is Black communities enduring additional pressure to supply the cheaper and affordable housing. 

According to Forbes’ magazine, Trulia report, San Francisco and Los Angeles top the metropolitan areas with the smallest percentage of for-sale homes reasonably available to the middle class.[28] In 2013 only 20% of for-sale homes were affordable for the middle class in San Francisco and only 31% of for-sale home were affordable to the middle class in Los Angeles.[29] In 2014 the numbers decreased with only 14% of for-sale homes affordable to the middle class in San Francisco and only 23% of the for-sale homes affordable to the middle class in Los Angeles.[30] Oakland ranked 10^th least accessible, with 52% of for-sale homes affordable to the middle class in 2013 and only 40% for-sale homes affordable to the middle class in 2014.[31] In 2014, within the greater metro Los Angeles area, Central Los Angeles (323 area code) contained the largest percentage of available homes at 25%.[32] Many Blacks live in Central Los Angeles. In 2014, downtown Los Angeles (213 area code) contained only 19% of affordable homes, while the Westside/Beaches (310/424 area code) contained only 13% available homes. Downtown and the Westside/Beaches (with the current exception of Inglewood which is 310 area code) do not have a lot of Blacks. The most available homes are in Black areas.   The rate of shrinkage for affordable for-sale homes is alarming and should concern all races.[33]

Blacks with homes and property in the Black side of Los Angeles and surrounding cities are being offered too low of bids considering the future economic profits and expectations- thus cheating Blacks from fully participating in the economic riches. The increase in construction of multi-family dwellings will result in a smaller percentage of available single family dwellings, thereby increasing their value.