Gentrification and Aging in Montreal, Quebec: Housing Insecurity and Displacement Among Older Tenants

Simard, Julien

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41337-8_3

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“…Many live in neighbourhoods undergoing redevelopment and gentrification, with pressures arising from changing social networks and increasing housing costs (Lewis, 2018). Urban changes associated with regeneration may result in older populations becoming "stuck in place," due to rent increases (Simard, 2020), or forms of "indirect" displacement, where existing residents' access to familiar services and political representation is disrupted by the influx of younger, more educated, and wealthier newcomers (Burns et al, 2012;Simard, 2020). However, there is limited academic research focusing on the lived experiences of people ageing in areas affected by environmental pressures linked to urban regeneration and deprivation (Lewis, 2016).…”

Section: Urban Change and The Older Populationmentioning

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“Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure

Lewis

Yarker²,

Hammond³

et al. 2022

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This article explores the potential impact of future urban regeneration for older people “ageing in place” in an inner-city neighbourhood, Collyhurst, Manchester, UK. Collyhurst has been reshaped by de-industrialisation, demolition of housing, disinvestment in local services, and the closure of local amenities. The neighbourhood has been earmarked for significant urban regeneration including building extensive housing, as well as social infrastructure to cater for existing residents and attract a new population. The analysis focuses on data derived from interviews and focus groups with the neighbourhood’s existing residents as well as regeneration stakeholders. Drawing on Latham and Layton’s (2019) “infrastructural approach,” the analysis explores the changing dynamics of neighbourhoods and meanings of place for older people living in localities undergoing redevelopment with spatially differentiated socio-economic landscapes. The article argues that social infrastructure must be understood as a foundational component of urban regeneration planning, ensuring new spaces foster social connections for all generations and support older residents’ sense of local identity, belonging and inclusion amidst dramatic material transformation. Social infrastructure provides an important lens through which to analyse the impact of urban regeneration processes, shedding light both on the <em>functional</em> and <em>affective</em> dimensions of ageing in place. In neighbourhoods undergoing redevelopment, both dimensions are vital to consider, in order to understand how best to support older people’s ability to age in place.

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Section: Urban Change and The Older Populationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure

Lewis

Yarker²,

Hammond³

et al. 2022

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Older Adults and Gentrification: The Positive Role of Social Policy

Weil,

Rooks,

Leonard

et al. 2024

Can. J. Aging

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Supportive public policies are suggested as ways to lessen gentrification’s impact for older adults. While explicit policies designed to help older adults with gentrification are rare, literature on age-friendly cities is a close proxy. We utilized three North American cases undergoing gentrification: New York City, NY, and Denver, CO, in the United States and Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada, to present existing neighbourhood-based policies as social determinants of health in housing, resource access, healthcare, transportation, and communal places. Age-friendly policy application gap examples and COVID-19’s impact were included. Using a qualitative comparative case study method, we found policies were not specifically designed to address older adults’ gentrification needs. With the call for age-friendly designations, the role of gentrification in neighbourhoods with older populations must be included. We call for gentrification-specific policies for older adults to provide greater safeguards especially when events such as COVID-19 compete for existing, over-stretched resources.

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Gentrification and Aging in Montreal, Quebec: Housing Insecurity and Displacement Among Older Tenants

Cited by 2 publications

References 28 publications

“Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure

“Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure

Older Adults and Gentrification: The Positive Role of Social Policy

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