Leslie Kern

Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

Discover the truth about gentrification and the housing crisis in this radical guide to urban neighborhoods. Join the resistance and demand change.

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From the author of the best-selling Feminist City, this urbanite's guide to gentrification knocks down the myths and exposes the forces behind the most urgent housing crisis of our time. Gentrification is no longer a phenomenon to be debated by geographers or downplayed by urban planners-it's an experience lived and felt by working-class people everywhere. Leslie Kern travels to Toronto, Vancouver, New York, London, and Paris to look beyond the familiar and false stories we tell ourselves about class, money, and taste. What she brings back is an accessible, radical guide on the often-invisible forces that shape urban neighbourhoods: settler-colonialism, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, and more. Gentrification is not inevitable if city lovers work together to turn the tide. Kern examines resistance strategies from around the world and calls for everyday actions that empower everyone, from displaced peoples to long-time settlers. We can mobilize, demand reparations, and rewrite the story from the ground up.

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Release date

30.03.2023

Imprint

Between the Lines

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Genres

Politics, Education & Learning

Keywords

Gentrification, Housing Crisis, Resistance

Locations

Toronto, Vancouver, New York, London, Paris