I’m so sick of the assertion that pricing people out of neighborhoods is discriminatory (and, of course, racist.) There are plenty of places I can’t afford to live and I certainly don’t feel my socioeconomic class is being discriminated against by the basic concept of supply and demand. It’s plenty easy to find a house you can afford. Of course, section 8 is a whole different problem and it’s ludicrous that anyone taking government housing (essentially stealing housing potential from others who have to subsidize their living) feel they have any right to complain or make demands. Crime and quality of life in section 8 housing isn’t due to the area or the housing itself, it’s that no one will ever actually appreciate or care for anything they had handed to them. If you buy a house, and have 30 yrs of potential earning tied up in that house, you do everything you can to take care of the house and keep your neighborhood safe.