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21.1%

Predominantly Black and Hispanic public elementary schools in New York City had 21.1% of students in temporary housing, which was the highest share relative to other schools in the 2017-2018 school year. 

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15.6%

Gentrifying neighborhoods in New York City experienced a dramatic increase of 15.6 percentage points in the share of college educated residents between 1990 and 2010-2014, rising to a total of 28.5%.

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1.1

The average child starting out in a low-income neighborhood made 1.1
moves over 7 years. Among children who move over the period, those who move
from gentrifying neighborhoods tend to move further away from their original home.

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“Investments in housing, schools, and community resources in historically disadvantaged neighborhoods are crucial to advancing health equity."

Mariana C. Arcaya, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Justin Steil, Neighborhoods and Health: Interventions at the Neighborhood Level Could Help Advance Health Equity

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