A lot of people struggles with the problem that they have to leave their houses. They are forced to leave their houses. Even people who lives there for more than 10 years and always worked hard for the community and for their own money. People like Frances Moore propably have to move beacuse they’re forced out their appartments.

It let to sleepless night and to a lot of negativity by the people. Frances Moore has sleepless nights and this all is causing her panic attacks. She said: “I want to turn of my brain”. Some people really don’t know where to go. They have not a lot of money. A night on the streets is predictable fort his people. This all let to people who are homeless.

As for Mr Darden, he believes the battle is about faith. “I still trust God, and I won’t doubt him. We’re not gonna bow to the city.”

It’s not a suprise that his house attracts attention. His neigborhood is coming back from a time with a lot of crime and blight. The fear is it may bounce completely out of reach of longtime residents who are being pressured to sell, or renters whose landlords are increasing rents or harassing them to leave. 

Gentrification brought Lopez tot he Bronx from Brooklyn after his neighborhood changed drasticly. Local restaurants and stores changed into pet shops and boutique pizzarias. The neighborhood changed. Lopez had to move beacause of the new people. They called the cops when they had music and dancing.

Mister Lopez hopes that this devolpment can be slowed. The real and biggest problem is the affordability of the houses. The city is to expensive for people with lower income. Until that changed, he sees his refusal to sell his house as a political act, holding the line against gentrification.

Lopez said: “We know neighborhoods change. We’re not afraid of change. But what we don’t want to see is the people who want to remain to be displaced.”