Hazelwood redevelopment suggests neighborhood investment can advance without typical displacement pressures

October 1, 2026 · 12:41 pm 2 sources

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• Can development happen without displacement? Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood is a test case
  This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. · October 1, 2026 12:41
  A decade of research on Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood finds that major riverfront investment did not push out longtime residents.

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• Hazelwood redevelopment suggests neighborhood investment can advance without typical displacement pressures
  Phys.org · October 1, 2026 16:20
  Neighborhood investments meant to improve housing and opportunity often spark fears of gentrification and displacement. That worry is playing out in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood, where a stalled Second Avenue housing project sits blocks from the 178-acre (72-hectare) Hazelwood Green…