Editing Gentrification (section)

== Litigation against gentrification ==
Hwang discovers factors that can cause neighborhood changes: Households might be more attracted to a neighborhood because of (1) increases in access value, (2) increases in amenity value, or (3) decline in housing prices relative to other neighborhoods. These factors attract investors and eventually leads to gentrification.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hwang|first=Jackelyn|title=What Have We Learned About the Causes of Recent Gentrification?|journal=Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research}}</ref>

Gentrification can promote neighborhood revitalization and desegregation. Because of this, a gentrification-as-integration model has been supported to stop population loss, and to rebuild low-income neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1-link=Olatunde C. Johnson|last=Johnson|first=Olatunde C.|title=Unjust Cities? Gentrification, Integration, and the Fair Housing Act|journal=University of Richmond Law Review}}</ref>

Gentrification has been called the savior of cities from urban crisis because it has led to urban revitalization, which promotes the economy of struggling cities.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Godsil|first=Rachel|title=The Gentrification Trigger: Autonomy, Mobility, and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing|journal=Brooklyn Law Review}}</ref>

The Fair Housing Act can be used as litigation against gentrification because the urban development process of higher-income individuals into lower-income neighborhoods leads to displacement.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Weinstein|first=Hannah|title=Fighting For a Place Called Home: Litigation Strategies for Challenging Gentrification|journal=UCLA Law Review}}</ref>