%D 2024
%N 1
%O This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
%V 1
%A Joe Penny
%A Amy Horton
%J Finance and Space
%L discovery10198750
%P 406-412
%T Race, resistance and the speculative city: reflections from London
%I Informa UK Limited
%K Real estate, Local state, Financialisation, Race, Resistance
%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.