Priced Out

In the 1990s, Nikki Williams embraced the idea of gentrification. Fifteen years later, she blamed it for "obliterating" her neighborhood. Priced Out is an emotional and investigative look at how rising home prices have displaced Portland's African-American community and reshaped the entire city. Priced Out explores the complexities and contradictions of gentrification and life after the era of "the ghetto." It powerfully illustrates how government policies and market forces combine to destroy and rebuild neighborhoods. Some embrace new investment at first, but few are left standing when new money moves in and old residents find themselves priced out.