%0 Journal Article
%@ 2833-115X
%A Penny, Joe
%A Horton, Amy
%D 2024
%F discovery:10198750
%I Informa UK Limited
%J Finance and Space
%K Real estate, Local state, Financialisation, Race, Resistance
%N 1
%P 406-412
%T Race, resistance and the speculative city: reflections from London
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198750/
%V 1
%X Internationally, speculative real estate development has become an increasingly central means for states to raise revenue and to govern urban space. This ‘speculative city’ regime is a product of the economic dominance of property investment and the financialisation of urban land; of state transformation across different scales; and of racialised hierarchies of urban citizenship. Challenging these forces is difficult. But, drawing on research in Tottenham, we identify how a broad community coalition successfully disrupted the speculative city – through a combination of tactics within and against the state. The ‘StopHDV’ campaign offers insights for actors seeking to contest racialised speculative urbanism.
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