Violaine JOLIVET, Université de Montréal, Canada
Yannick BAUMANN, Université de Montréal, Canada
Chloé REISER, Social Science Department Faculty of Arts University of New Brunswick - UNB Saint-John, Canada
This paper engages in urban debates about gentrification and displacement. On the one hand, it contributes in making theoretical notions such as indirect displacement and displacement pressure more visible. On the other, it serves as an original example of how to mix both qualitative and quantitative empirical data in order to analyze in a more granular way (both temporarily and spatially) the intertwined mechanisms of displacement. This paper also proposes an original case-study focusing on Montreal, a city which has long been described as affordable, but which has been experiencing an unprecedented increase in property prices over the last ten years, putting many of its most vulnerable residents under a lot of strain, and transforming the work of community-based housing rights groups, who are facing increased evictions related to gentrification.Through the case study of Park-Extension, one of the poorest and most multiethnic neighborhood in Canada, we underline the effects of new build and state-led gentrification on indirect displacement and displacement pressure, analysing the impact of a new campus district, the MIL, on rental market prices and residential trajectories of vulnerable tenants, especially racialized and immigrant residents. Through semi-structured interviews and data mining, we demonstrate how the Université de Montréal’s new campus accelerates and increases gentrification-induced displacement.We propose both a contribution to the literature on gentrification and an original reflection on mixed methodologies.
Mots clés : Gentrification|Displacement|studentification|Mixed methods|housing right
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