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Gentrification around the World, Volume IGentrification and Aging in Montreal, Quebec: Housing Insecurity and Displacement Among Older Tenants

Gentrification around the World, Volume I: Gentrification and Aging in Montreal, Quebec: Housing... [In rapidly aging societies, the housing situation of low-income aging renters deserves more attention from urban anthropology, housing studies and social gerontology alike. The main objective of this chapter is to describe the experiences of a sample of aging individuals in handling situations of housing insecurity and displacement in four gentrifying Montreal neighborhoods. The data presented here was gathered through a fieldwork conducted among housing committees’ in four gentrifying neighborhoods in central Montreal. Ten interviews were conducted with community organizers and 20 interviews with aging tenants. Housing insecurity, displacement and social participation among housing committees can be understood as an interconnected phenomenon: One of the main justifications for participating among housing committees was the possibility of not only broadening but taking control over residential choices.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Gentrification around the World, Volume IGentrification and Aging in Montreal, Quebec: Housing Insecurity and Displacement Among Older Tenants

Editors: Krase, Jerome; DeSena, Judith N.

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-41336-1
Pages
37 –59
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-41337-8_3
Publisher site
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Abstract

[In rapidly aging societies, the housing situation of low-income aging renters deserves more attention from urban anthropology, housing studies and social gerontology alike. The main objective of this chapter is to describe the experiences of a sample of aging individuals in handling situations of housing insecurity and displacement in four gentrifying Montreal neighborhoods. The data presented here was gathered through a fieldwork conducted among housing committees’ in four gentrifying neighborhoods in central Montreal. Ten interviews were conducted with community organizers and 20 interviews with aging tenants. Housing insecurity, displacement and social participation among housing committees can be understood as an interconnected phenomenon: One of the main justifications for participating among housing committees was the possibility of not only broadening but taking control over residential choices.]

Published: Apr 24, 2020

Keywords: Older tenants; Housing; Social gerontology; Montreal; Gentrification; Displacement

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