Horton, Amy;
Penny, Joe;
(2024)
Disrupting the Speculative City: Property, power and community resistance in London.
[Book].
UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
In 2011, police violence triggered an uprising in Tottenham that laid bare decades of neglect and state violence against the area’s racialised communities. In its aftermath, local leaders and corporate developers devised an aggressive redevelopment agenda that would have demolished the homes, workspaces and communities of thousands of council tenants, private renters and traders. Their plan was to transform Tottenham and surrounding areas from a diverse working-class place to a space for wealthy investors, residents and consumers. Available as a free open access download and in print, Disrupting the Speculative City tells the story of how a community coalition defeated one of the most ambitious programmes of state-led gentrification in London. Known as the ‘Haringey Development Vehicle’ (HDV), it would have been executed through an undemocratic and speculative joint venture between the local council and the notorious international developer Lendlease. Thanks to the political creativity, tactical nous and extraordinary commitment of ordinary people, the HDV was scrapped by the local council in 2018. Drawing on the accounts of those at the heart of the struggle and analysing crucial developments in property investment, local statecraft and grassroots organising, this book explores a significant and inspirational success for campaigners in London, where social cleansing has become the default outcome of redevelopment.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Disrupting the Speculative City: Property, power and community resistance in London |
| ISBN-13: | 9781800087088 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781800087088 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800087088 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Authors, 2024 Images © Copyright holders named in captions, 2024 Any third-party material in this book is not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence. Details of the copyright ownership and permitted use of third-party material are given in the image (or extract) credit lines. If you would like to reuse any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright owner. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc /4.0/. This licence allows you to share and adapt the work for non-commercial use providing attribution is made to the author and publisher (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) and any changes are indicated. Attribution should include the following information: Horton, A. and Penny, J. 2024. Disrupting the Speculative City: Property, power and community resistance in London. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800087088 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | Real estate, Housing, Gentrification, Racism, Urban development |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10196286 |
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