In cities such as Chicago, green infrastructure projects are aimed at enhancing the environment through sustainability and livability, but often they create more social justice concerns like gentrification. This often happens when urban green spaces added in lower income communities attract wealthier residents, which causes the property values to increase and display the current residence of lower income communities. This often happens in communities that experience extreme heat therefore, green and infrastructure is incorporated, although it reshapes the demographic and the economic landscape of the community. The challenges with incorporating more green infrastructure with a beneficial goal for  social justice is often due to how the government funds and fulfills projects. Many of the projects are managed by nonprofits so they are not the focus nor are the proper skills necessary acquired which creates a larger social justice issue like the decrease in affordable housing. This causes a focus on environmental and recreational improvements and neglects the socioeconomic dimensions of sustainability. The planning process of infrastructure should consider the environmental outcomes while also integrating social equity considerations.
The success of implementing green infrastructure within communities that have experienced environmental injustice, like excess exposure to pollution or toxic waste, is dependent on the interaction and collaboration of project managers overseeing green infrastructure sites alongside community residents. The most prominent concerns raised by residents in a community in New Jersey cited concerns regarding the maintenance and upkeep of future green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), the necessity for future GSI projects to be multifaceted rather than universal amongst communities, and advocacy for environmental justice to be implemented within project outlines, as "GSI projects, as part of broader community greening initiatives, do not automatically guarantee EJ and health equity, which may be absent in many shrinking cities." It is important to comprehend the environmental and economical capabilities that green infrastructure can provide, but the environmental inequity in respect to being able to access these spaces must be considered in application of green infrastructure within communities. The imperative need to focus on communities with less accessibilty to ecosystem services and green infrastructure is a major part of ensuring all communities and residents feel the benefits and effects of implementation.