Student Gentrification and Neighborhood Change Survey

Thanks for taking a few minutes to share your experience of how student population growth has affected your neighborhood. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymized. There are no right answers — we want your honest view. This should take about 5-6 minutes.

Which best describes your relationship to this neighborhood?

• Long-term resident (10+ years)
• Newer resident (under 10 years)
• Local business owner or employee
• Current student
• Landlord or property owner
• Other

How many years have you lived, worked, or studied in this neighborhood?

How much has this neighborhood changed because of a growing student population?

Thinking about the growth of the student population here, how has it affected each of the following?

In the last 3 years, how has your own housing cost (rent or mortgage-related expenses) changed?

• Decreased
• Stayed about the same
• Increased slightly
• Increased significantly
• Not applicable / prefer not to say

Rank these concerns about student-driven neighborhood change from most to least pressing for you.

1. Rising rents or home prices
2. Displacement of long-term residents
3. Loss of neighborhood character
4. Increased noise or parties
5. Parking and traffic congestion
6. Decline of family-oriented businesses
7. Overcrowded shared housing

Over the past year, has the balance between long-term residents and students in your area shifted?

• More students than before
• More long-term residents than before
• About the same
• Not sure

Probe the 'why' behind the respondent's rating of how much the neighborhood has changed and the impact ratings on housing, business mix, and community. Ask for one or two specific, concrete examples they've personally witnessed (a business closing, a longtime neighbor moving out, a new type of housing being built) rather than general impressions. If their overall view is negative, ask what single change would most improve relations between students and long-term residents; if positive, ask what makes the integration work well here.

How would you describe the day-to-day relationship between students and long-term residents in your neighborhood today?

• Improving
• Worsening
• Staying about the same
• Little to no interaction either way

Which of the following measures would you support to manage the effects of student gentrification in your area? Select all that apply.

• Caps or controls on rent increases
• Purpose-built student housing located away from residential streets
• Licensing requirements for shared student rental properties
• Community liaison programs between students and residents
• Limits on how many student rentals are allowed per street
• No changes needed

What is your housing situation?

• Own my home
• Rent privately
• Rent through social or affordable housing
• Live with family or roommates rent-free
• Prefer not to say

What is your age range?

• 18-24
• 25-34
• 35-49
• 50-64
• 65 or older
• Prefer not to say

Thank you for sharing your perspective. Your answers will feed into a report on how student population growth is reshaping local neighborhoods and what might ease the tension between students and long-term residents.