Does Environmental Cleanup Lead to Environmental Gentrification?, with Elaine Hill

Published: Dec. 26, 2022, midnight

b'In this week\\u2019s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Elaine Hill, an associate professor at the University of Rochester, about a recent study that examines the effects of hazardous-waste cleanup on local communities. Hill discusses whether a particular federal cleanup program\\u2014the Corrective Action Program established under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act\\u2014benefits the residents it intends to help, or if it instead may lead to higher housing prices that could push lower-income residents out of their communities. \\n\\nReferences and recommendations:\\n\\n\\u201cWho Benefits from Hazardous Waste Cleanups? Evidence from the Housing Market\\u201d by Alecia W. Cassidy, Elaine L. Hill, and Lala Ma; https://www.nber.org/papers/w30661\\n\\n\\u201cMoving Beyond Cleanup: Identifying the Crucibles of Environmental Gentrification\\u201d by H. Spencer Banzhaf and Eleanor McCormick; https://www.epa.gov/environmental-economics/working-paper-moving-beyond-cleanup-identifying-crucibles-environmental\\n\\n\\u201cThe Economics of Environmental Justice, with Samuel Stolper and Catherine Hausman\\u201d on Resources Radio; https://www.resources.org/resources-radio/economics-environmental-justice-samuel-stolper-and-catherine-hausman/\\n\\n\\u201cInequality, Information Failures, and Air Pollution\\u201d by Catherine Hausman and Samuel Stolper; https://www.nber.org/papers/w26682\\n\\n\\u201cSorting over flood risk and implications for policy reform\\u201d by Laura A. Bakkensen and Lala Ma; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0095069620300851\\n\\n\\u201cScene On Radio\\u201d podcast, Season 5, The Repair series; https://www.sceneonradio.org/the-repair/'