The rent is too damn high: artists tackle New York’s gentrification problem

Throughout May, the public art project MONTH2MONTH is sending eight lottery-selected participants (and some of their partners) to spend four nights in either “affordable” or “luxury” housing in New York for a project that deals with gentrification in the city. The homes on the “affordable” end of the spectrum are located in the East Village and Bushwick neighbourhoods, while the “luxury” residences are located in Gramercy, Chelsea, lower Manhattan