San Francisco evictions

The data includes eviction notices filed with the San Francisco Rent Board. On the right, the image shows all eviction notices sorted by time, starting in January 1997. The left shows the same data sorted by the reason for eviction. Scherabon has created an interactive app, the Affordability Explorer, that maps data of the housing affordability of 584 cities.

East London income inequality

London is the richest part of the UK but also has the most deprived neighbourhoods. The image shows income by height, looking from east London towards the centre

Chicago income inequality

This height model matrix shows Chicago’s median household income. You can see the contrast between the south side, which is a mostly black low-income area, and the city centre and financial district

Los Angeles demographics

US cities are notoriously segregated. South Los Angeles has large areas around Ladera Heights with a population that’s mostly black, outlined on the map in red squares; east LA is largely hispanic (shown in the circles); and the coast, specifically Santa Monica, is majority white (shown in triangles)

London rental prices

This visualisation shows London’s rent prices with lower rents in the east and the highest in the centre, west and north. The graphic is a little nod to Peter Saville’s Joy Division album cover

Heygate displacement

London’s former Heygate estate was demolished in 2014 (the site is now known as Elephant Park). This image is a displacement map which shows where the former tenants of the estate have been moved. The data was gathered by the Heygate community

LA correlation

This graphic shows a positive correlation between house prices and employment in arts and entertainment in Los Angeles

LA correlation part two

The second graphic shows an inverse correlation between rental prices and the city’s total number of gang members