In late February, two days before she had to vacate her apartment, 73-year-old Margaret Nichols got a knock on her door. She’d been rushing to fill moving boxes, and pack up her apartment of more than ...

When an older, lower-income neighborhood is being upgraded and renovated by a wave of young, wealthy homeowners and investors, gentrification has typically begun. Some people say that’s a good ...

(Bill O'Leary for The Washington Post) A Washington Post color analysis of the District found that in neighborhoods where other markers of gentrification have spiked over the past decade ...