Gentrification is a trend that can be confusing, contentious, and widely misunderstood. Perhaps most surprisingly, gentrification can offer “the promise of integration and sorely needed investment that can increase residents’ quality of life — but only if disadvantaged residents are set up to take part in the benefits of increased investment." Thus argues Jerusalem Demsas, policy reporter at Vox. In a wide-ranging conversation, she takes Cardiff through the research and academic literature on gentrification, explaining the nuances and complexities that are so often missing in debates about this controversial trend. 

Links from the episode:

• Jerusalem is on Twitter at @JerusalemDemsas
• “What we talk about when we talk about gentrification”, by Jerusalem Demsas (https://tinyurl.com/2kpasxn7)
• All of Jerusalem’s Vox articles (https://tinyurl.com/3sjvp3dc)
• Cardiff and Aimee are on Twitter at @CardiffGarcia and @AimeePKeane
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