How to Lose a Neighborhood A Developer's Perspective - By Design: Power, Policy and Detroit's Black Poverty Model
A practitioner’s exposé on how power, policy, and development systems erode Black neighborhoods in Detroit — and why displacement is often the last stage of a long process.
Published in March 2026, How to Lose a Neighborhood: A Developer’s Perspective – By Design: Power, Policy and Detroit’s Black Poverty Model by Detroit-based real estate developer Brinda Devine offers a grounded, insider look at how neighborhoods are destabilized long before they are visibly displaced. www.howtoloseaneighborhood.com
