Wealthy new DC residents blame rich newcomers for housing cost hike: poll

Washington

A SURPRISING constituency agrees with critics of Washington's gentrification that wealthy newcomers are driving housing prices through the roof: wealthy newcomers.

A new Washington Post poll finds 78 per cent of people who moved to DC in the past 15 years with incomes of at least US$150,000 per year say that new high-income residents are a major reason for the shortage of affordable housing in the city.