Author to discuss Albina gentrification on Sunday

Author to discuss Albina gentrification on Sunday

A book examining gentrification in North Portland’s Albina neighborhood will be the focus of a discussion at Powell’s City of Books on Sunday. Sociologist Shani Adia Evans examines how the neighborhood changed and how Black residents adapted in “We Belong Here: Gentrification, White Spacemaking and a Black Sense of Place.” The 232-page book was published in March by the University of Chicago Press. Albina became majority white between 1990 and 2…

According to INEGI data, more than 1.2 million foreigners resided in Mexico in 2021, a figure that has been increasing with the rise in remote work and the migration of retirees. Entities like Quintana Roo, Baja California Sur, Jalisco and Mexico City have registered a significant increase in the foreign population, and with this, in the price of housing, often doubling its value in less than a decade. The lack of strict regulations is the main …