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D.C. residents face competing priorities as historic preservation bill awaits congressional review | The Wash

December 04, 2024
  • D.C. Policy Center

On December 3, 2024, a D.C. Policy Center report was cited by The Wash:

A study published by the D.C. Policy Center analyzed the changes in median income in the Washington region from 1980 to 2017. The study found that, “between 2000 and 2017, the most notable change in the maps is that, as most of D.C. between Rock Creek and the Anacostia gentrified, the region’s poorest neighborhoods almost all became concentrated east of the Anacostia River.”

Read More: D.C. residents face competing priorities as historic preservation bill awaits congressional review
Additional reading: How household incomes in the D.C. area have changed since 1980

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