Lexington Housing Studies

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From Adamstown to Bluegrass-Aspendale: Mass Displacement and Erasure from Lexington’s Residential…

The history of Lexington is inextricable from Black history, more generally. Basically every essential feature of Lexington culture has…

Feb 2, 2017

From Adamstown to Bluegrass-Aspendale: Mass Displacement and Erasure from Lexington’s Residential…

Feb 2, 2017

Lexington Housing Studies

Underwriting the Suburbs

Late last week, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported on a house fire at 460 Kenton Street in north Lexington, near the Transylvania…

Jan 30, 2017

Jan 30, 2017

Lexington Housing Studies

Dispelling the Myths of Lexington’s Gentrification Apologists

Last week, local Facebook pages were full of chatter about the latest advertisement from real estate developer Rock Daniels. The firestorm…

Oct 19, 2016

Dispelling the Myths of Lexington’s Gentrification Apologists

Oct 19, 2016

Lexington Housing Studies

An Auspicious Anniversary

Today, August 8th, 2016, marks the one-year anniversary of the building collapse at the corner of Third and Race in Lexington’s East End…

Aug 8, 2016

Aug 8, 2016

Lexington Housing Studies

Mapping Non-Local Property Ownership in Lexington

Nearly 10% of all properties in Lexington are owned outside the city, representing over 18% of the total land area

Jul 21, 2016

Mapping Non-Local Property Ownership in Lexington

Jul 21, 2016

Lexington Housing Studies

College Town

Just about a month ago, in the wake of news that the University of Kentucky would be purchasing a handful of properties adjacent to campus…

Jan 21, 2016

Jan 21, 2016

Lexington Housing Studies

Shipping containers: More overpriced fad than affordable housing

The January 7th edition of the Herald-Leader included an article celebrating shipping containers as an important contribution to the…

Jan 15, 2016

Shipping containers: More overpriced fad than affordable housing

Jan 15, 2016

Lexington Housing Studies

Land Grant or Land Grab?

Among other frustrating, though completely unsurprising, moves made by the University of Kentucky’s Board of Trustees last week, was the…

Dec 22, 2015

Dec 22, 2015

Lexington Housing Studies

Who’s Gentrifying Northeast Lexington?

The discussion around gentrification in Northeast Lexington continues to be dominated by those who are profiting off of it. But lost in all…

Oct 15, 2015

From Adamstown to Bluegrass-Aspendale: Mass Displacement and Erasure from Lexington’s Residential…

The history of Lexington is inextricable from Black history, more generally. Basically every essential feature of Lexington culture has…

Underwriting the Suburbs

Late last week, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported on a house fire at 460 Kenton Street in north Lexington, near the Transylvania…

Dispelling the Myths of Lexington’s Gentrification Apologists

Last week, local Facebook pages were full of chatter about the latest advertisement from real estate developer Rock Daniels. The firestorm…

More on non-local property ownership in Lexington

Just a couple of weeks ago, we dove into the geography of non-local property ownership in Lexington. While we found that nearly 10% of the…

An Auspicious Anniversary

Today, August 8th, 2016, marks the one-year anniversary of the building collapse at the corner of Third and Race in Lexington’s East End…

Mapping Non-Local Property Ownership in Lexington

Nearly 10% of all properties in Lexington are owned outside the city, representing over 18% of the total land area

College Town

Just about a month ago, in the wake of news that the University of Kentucky would be purchasing a handful of properties adjacent to campus…

Shipping containers: More overpriced fad than affordable housing

The January 7th edition of the Herald-Leader included an article celebrating shipping containers as an important contribution to the…

Land Grant or Land Grab?

Among other frustrating, though completely unsurprising, moves made by the University of Kentucky’s Board of Trustees last week, was the…

Who’s Gentrifying Northeast Lexington?

The discussion around gentrification in Northeast Lexington continues to be dominated by those who are profiting off of it. But lost in all…

Lexington Housing Studies