Gentrification Web

designed by Tom Slater

Either disinvestment and decay or gentrification and displacement is a false choice for low-income communities.

Click here for my latest paper, "The eviction of critical perspectives from gentrification research"

Click here for Kathe Newman and Elvin Wyly's critique of the recent work that claims gentrification isn't so bad after all

Click here for information about a fascinating 5-year research project on gentrification undertaken by the University of Toronto and St. Christopher House, Toronto

"Needed is a program that can alter the terms of existing public debate on housing, that challenges the commodity nature of housing and its role in our economic and social system, and demonstrates how people's legitimate housing needs can be met through an alternative approach."

Emily Achtenberg and Peter Marcuse (1986) "Towards the decommodification of housing", in R. Bratt et al (eds) Critical Perspectives on Housing (Temple University Press) p.405

Anti-gentrification graffiti, Lower Park Slope, New York City

Gentrification in Bristol, England

Welcome to Gentrification Web, which turned 6 years old in April 2006. This website was the first (and remains the only) comprehensive on-line resource for anyone interested in learning more about gentrification.

The web is a great vehicle for raising public awareness of gentrification, and I hope that this website will be informative to those who spend some time checking it out. Sorry about all these hideous pop-up ads, many of which (to my horror) advertise real estate, giving the exact opposite message of the rest of this website. One of the drawbacks of free webspace, I suppose!

NEW BOOK COMING IN SUMMER 2007! "GENTRIFICATION", BY LORETTA LEES, TOM SLATER AND ELVIN WYLY, ROUTLEDGE PUBLISHERS

• What is Gentrification?
• Gentrification Bibliography
• Gentrification Links