Housing transformation, rent gap and gentrification in Ghana’s traditional houses: Insight from compound houses in Bantama, Kumasi
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DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2020.1823331
Abstract: This paper investigates housing transformation, the rent gap and gentrification in compound houses in Bantama, a sub-metro in Ghana’s second-largest city, Kumasi. It argues that the ongoing housing... read more here.
Keywords: rent gap; housing transformation; housing; gap gentrification ... See more keywords
In debt to the rent gap: Gentrification generalized and the frontier of the future
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DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2020.1760720
Abstract: In this paper I advance three interconnected arguments that explore the relation between gentrification generalized and the generalization of indebtedness. First, I show how the availability of cre... read more here.
Keywords: generalized frontier; debt rent; gentrification generalized; gentrification ... See more keywords
Mind the rent gap: Blackstone, housing investment and the reordering of urban rent surfaces
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980211026466
Abstract: Recent years have seen a burst of new writing on the opening and closing of urban rent gaps. Such studies generally consider individual cases. Rarely does the opportunity arise to readily compare and contrast rent… read more here.
Keywords: housing investment; blackstone; investment; rent gap ... See more keywords