America’s Frozen Neighborhoods: The Abuse of Zoning

Abstract

a foothold in their rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods through rent control, are swiftly stomped by the steel boot of state preemption. Another is the opportunity for leverage through the mobilization and collaboration of places linked through the displacement and wealth extraction chain, such as Atlanta’s historic inner city and newer suburban Black communities. This approach could draw lessons from scholarship on how to build regional partnerships for mutual gain, such as Myron Orfield’s American Metropolitics (Orfield, 2002). Immergluck’s knack for systems thinking and deep knowledge of Atlanta’s politics, institutions, and finances strongly position him to offer such a playbook, perhaps as a future companion to the Equity in Zoning Policy Guide.