The 70-block sliver of downtown Los Angeles's Skid Row made headlines recently for the shooting of an unarmed homeless man by the LAPD. While that incident put a spotlight on the homeless encampment there, what you didn't see is the gentrification that's happening alongside it. And that friction has city officials grappling with how to house the homeless in a neighborhood where property prices are skyrocketing.
Gentrification Adds to Skid Row's Housing Crunch
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