It was previously an area of high crime rates related to gang activity, poverty, and the crack epidemic of the 1980–1990s.

Home loans were not available to African Americans because of outright discrimination, or economic self-protection of mortgage lenders aware of the falling prices.

By this time, most buyers owed more than they initially paid and Dominion would retake possession of the house and the residents would be evicted poorer than when they started.

There has been some displacement of black residents whose rents increased, and some properties have turned over to white owners or renters in the process of an older generation passing on.

Some long-time residents were also able to sell their homes to take advantage of increased prices if they wanted to move to smaller quarters.