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Red Pitch playwright Tyrell Williams: ‘People spend so much of their lives in these places – and then it’s taken away’’

The writer has gone from creating viral comedy to a play about football and friendship between a group of teens amid the gentrification of south London. ‘I’m never as nervous as when I played 11-a-side,’ he says

The Guardian - UK

Are we witnessing the slow death of Peckham? How residents are battling big business to save the area's soul

The south London neighbourhood has never been so happening — which may be its downfall. As luxury housing and rising rents loom, residents are battling ‘gentrification on steroids’

Evening Standard

‘A way to build on our ancestral legacy’: artists reclaim a major center of Black culture

Freedmen’s Town was once a destination for Black people after the civil war but after decades of decline and gentrification, a new exhibition aims to take it back

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How a Black Miami neighborhood became ‘ground zero for climate gentrification’

A documentary, Razing Liberty Square, examines the plight of families in Liberty City as developers ‘revitalize’ community on desirable higher land

The Guardian - US

London council estate resident wins battle over misuse of planning law

Aysen Dennis, who fought gentrification of Aylesbury estate, says high court ruling is ‘brilliant, brilliant news’

The Guardian - UK

Shock to the cistern: the riotous, revealing world of graffiti in public bathrooms

Since ancient Rome, public bathroom scrawl – or latrinalia – has proved its power to entertain and enrage as well as highlighting society’s most divisive issues. But can it withstand gentrification?

The Guardian - UK

Could Emily afford to rent in Paris? An author's guide to surviving gentrification

Journalist Cole Stangler is the author of "Paris Is Not Dead: Surviving Hypergentrification in the City of Light". His book delves into the phenomenon of gentrification in the French capital, with high rents pushing many residents out to the suburbs, while also celebrating the neighbourhoods that still remain affordable for…

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Gun violence rate higher in gentrified neighborhoods, study finds

Researchers found firearm injury incidence rate was 62% higher in neighborhoods gentrified between 2014 and 2019

The Guardian - US

Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem review – death of a neighbourhood

This kaleidoscopic fictionalised memoir is a compelling chronicle of gentrification, filled with a melancholy humour

The Guardian - UK

Are rents rising in your Philly neighborhood? Don't blame the baristas

Baristas who work in specialty coffee shops, along with hipsters more generally, have been referred to as the “shock troops” of urban gentrification – and it’s no different in Philadelphia. These servers of artisanal coffee contribute to economic and demographic changes in neighborhoods in two ways.

The Conversation

"Curse" & curb appeal of gentrification

The couple on "The Curse" claim there are no losers, reminding us that on community rehab shows there always are

Salon

Landmark site at gateway to Newcastle deserves a show-stopping plan

I COMPLETELY agree with Bradley Perrett's vision for the remaining Honeysuckle development ("Honeysuckle idea simply sucks", Newcastle Herald, 10/11), the supposed centrepiece of the city's waterfront development. No one would deny the need for more social and affordable housing, but not on the remaining section of Honeysuckle. There is an…

Newcastle Herald

Yusef Salaam elected unopposed to a central Harlem district in US

Wrongly convicted as a teenager over a 1989 rape, Salaam campaigned on easing poverty and tackling gentrification.

Al Jazeera

‘Transience goes with the territory’: Bristol’s The Invisible Circus packs its bags after 20 years

Founders say they have no idea where they will go next as gentrification ends their long residency on an industrial estate

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Proposed law would protect South Shore from gentrification threat near Obama Center

Ald. Desmon Yancy’s housing preservation ordinance seeks to address the South Shore neighborhood’s affordable housing crisis — an issue that has been festering for years.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fighting gentrification in Little Village, residents look to create a housing co-op

Worried about being priced out of their community, a group is exploring how to buy a building together and live there: “I don’t want to leave,” one person says. “There are many people who love Little Village but had to leave.”

The Independent UK

In Hawaii, concerns over 'climate gentrification' rise after devastating Maui fires

The fires that broke out on Maui last week have exacerbated Hawaii’s housing crisis as more than more than 3,000 buildings in Lahaina were damaged or destroyed, leaving many wondering if homeowners can afford to rebuild

The Conversation

17 of the best political Edinburgh Fringe shows to watch this year, tackling issues from gender to climate change

I’m at the Edinburgh Fringe this year directing CREEKSHOW, a play about the gentrification of Deptford. While here, I’ve watched as much politically minded work as I’ve been able to. With 3,031 registered shows a complete survey would be impossible, but below are some of my picks of the more…

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How Airbnb is fuelling gentrification in Toronto

The average asking price for a rental unit in Canada reached $2,042 in June, marking a 10.2 per cent increase from 2022. Metropolitan districts are particularly affected by rising rental costs, with some local families forced to relocate due to a lack of affordable housing.

The Guardian - UK

Witness by Jamel Brinkley review – downbeat tales of New York

Gentrification is a recurring theme in the Brooklyn writer’s second short-story collection

The Independent UK

Gentrification leads to madness, cannibalism and laughs in 'The Horror of Dolores Roach'

When Justina Machado returns home to her native Chicago, she barely recognizes it

The Guardian - US

Searching for Silver Lake: the radical neighborhood that changed gay America

For decades, these Los Angeles streets have played host to key events in LGBTQ+ history. But gentrification has transformed the area

Bangkok Post

Will gentrification respect city's people?

We've lived for over a century in the shadow of grandeur: near the Customs House, known to Thais as rongpasi. "We" means my maternal family and the community of Haroon Mosque. Each day before sunrise, the muezzin's sing-song call rings through the neighbourhood, carried on the river wind towards the…

The Guardian - AU

‘Here is the history, the life’: the shrine holding out against the gentrification of Bangkok

Chao Mae Thap Thim, which stands out in a city that has been swallowed up by luxury shopping malls, is under threat

Reason

Study: Banning Investors From Buying Homes Leads to Higher Rents, More Gentrification

Home prices were unaffected by a ban on buy-to-rent housing in the Netherlands, but more affordable rental housing disappeared.

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