The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the policies, politics and economics that led to Atlanta’s racialized gentrification. This program is free to the public, but registration is required.

About the Book

Atlanta is at the red-hot core of expansion, inequality, and political relevance. In recent decades, capital-driven growth has excluded low-income people and families of color from the city’s center, pushing them to distant suburbs. As central Atlanta has experienced heavily racialized gentrification, the suburbs have become more diverse, and many affluent suburbs have tried to push back against this diversity. Red Hot City (University of California Press, 2022), tracks these racial and economic shifts and the politics and policies that produced them. Repeatedly, policymakers and planners have chosen trajectories that favor redeveloping places that house less affluent families and households of color to remake them for a more affluent, whiter residential base. Revealing critical lessons for leaders, activists, and residents in cities around the world, Dan Immergluck considers how planners and policymakers can reverse recent trends to create more socially equitable cities.

About the Author

Dan Immergluck is a Professor of Urban Studies at Georgia State University (GSU). Prior to joining GSU in 2017, he was Professor of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta). His research concerns housing, neighborhood change, and real estate markets. Dr. Immergluck is the author of five books and over 120 scholarly articles, book chapters, and research reports. He has consulted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Justice, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. Professor Immergluck has been cited and quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, and other media outlets. He has testified several times before the U.S. Congress and the Federal Reserve Board. Prior to becoming a full time academic, he was a community development practitioner and affordable housing advocate in Chicago for over a decade.

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