1) Home improvement issue 2) Neighborhood issue 3) Restoration 
Gentrification is a shift in an urban community toward wealthier residents and/or businesses and increasing property values. Gentrification is typically the result of investment in a community by real estate development businesses, local government, or community activists, and can often spur economic development, attract business, and lower crime ...
movement of middle class to working class area
(from the article `Chicago`) The most recent destabilizing factor in some areas of the city has been gentrification. Conveniently located old houses and apartment buildings have ...
A process of urban renewal in which older, decaying housing is refurbished by affluent people moving into the area.
the process by which houses in decaying and relatively poor areas of a city are bought by middle-class people, thus raising property values in the area.
Gentrification describes the process by which the character of a traditionally working-class area is changed as a result of middle-class people taking up residence in the area.
[n] - the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of lower-income people)
noun the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)
the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class