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[...] It is titled "Gentrification, a bad thing for a good thing?". The article was published within the" number 769 of December 2013 of the journal Relations. To find the article, I went to the Erudit website, which lists many scientific publications in the field of social sciences. To find it, I typed the word "gentrification" into the search bar on the site, which allowed me to find a set of articles, the summaries of which I read, and this one seemed to correspond to the context of the neighborhood I began to observe: Python Duvernois, where there are many urban renewal operations. [...]
[...] Gentrification can allow for social mixing, the installation of businesses that themselves see their interests, and also for cities, it allows them to have more resources because they collect the property tax every year on the new buildings constructed. This increase in resources for the city is interesting because it allows them to finance new infrastructure in the city (roads, equipment, or public space, for example). However, the fear of the poorest populations is of being displaced to other neighborhoods, due to the increase in the cost of housing. Yet the authors indicate that it is not always the case. [...]
[...] Gentrification, a bad for a good? - Hélène Bélanger and Louis Gaudreau (2013) - To what extent does gentrification change the city and how can we avoid it affecting poor people within these neighborhoods? Analysis of social issues and professional intervention Module 4 Territory, Social Action and Health Selected Article: - Bélanger, H. & Gaudreau, L. (2013). Gentrification, a bad thing for a good thing? Relations, 36-37. [...]
[...] In the future, it will be possible to observe the populations of different social levels in the neighborhood. For example, within the framework of observation, it will be possible to visit the new places opened in the neighborhood: for example, the new shops such as organic grocery stores, signs of gentrification and see who if it is more affluent people who go there. The article thus allows us to understand why we want to evolve these neighborhoods and what are the stakes and constraints for cities. [...]
[...] They give the example of existing buildings that have been rehabilitated. The poorest populations benefit from this embellishment without being displaced. On the contrary, when owners transform their apartments or houses into seasonal rentals, such as Airbnb, there is less possibility of accessing the housing for the most precarious and this makes the rental value of the entire property increase (because there are fewer on the market). To ensure that these gentrified neighborhoods remain well mixed, the authors propose two solutions: ensuring that mixity is built into new housing operations and changing the property tax system to make it based on the price of rental income rather than the value of the immovable property as it is today (if there is an increase in the cost of rental housing, more revenue for the city that can be redistributed). [...]
