Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality Theory

In the last 15 years, how can the application of Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality Theory interrogate the gentrification process to analyze affordable housing access for middle-income Black Americans, within the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of the Borough of Brooklyn, New York?

Sub questions:

  1. How can the tenets of Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality be used in this study to analyze the policy gaps between power structures and affordable housing options?
  2. To what extent can an analysis using the tenets of Intersectionality improve access to affordable housing for Black Americans in Bedford-Stuyvesant?
  3. Based on the perspectives of the planning staff from the New York City, Department of City Planning, what are the barriers and challenges associated with the implementation of affordable housing policies in New York?

-History of Affordable housing (should include statistical data that includes rent fees,

mortgagae rates, percentages of people who leave their communities due to being

priced out, avaerage salary, percentage of those who stay, etc.)

-Affordable Housing and New York City and Brooklyn (History of how the city has evolved and which neighborhoods has undergone

more revitalization. Be sure to include Bedford-Stuyvesant brooklyn, ny thay is the focal point)

-Affordable Housing and Rezoning (in this area ensure the impacts of rezoning. Identify what rezoning is and how is it used in brookly

ny)