Staying Put: An Anti-Gentrification Handbook for Council Estates in London

Published June 2014, Staying Put is free to use by any individuals, community or amenity groups and campaigns, TRAs, students, researchers and all. We have included two download links above to enable the booklet to be circulated as far and wide as possible. There is a high resolution PDF also if anyone is able to print further copies for community based campaigns.

CONTENTS:
1: What’s going on?
• Council estates under threat
• What is ‘gentrification’?
• When is ‘regeneration’ gentrification?
• The ‘consultation’ con
• The ‘affordable housing’ con
• What is displacement?

2: What can you do about it?
• Finding out what’s going on!
• Public resources and Freedom of Information
• More than just you! Getting together
• Tenants and Residents Associations
• Organising a local group
• Telling your story
• The consultation game
• A word about the law

3: Alternatives to fight for
• Community planning
• Neighbourhood Planning
• Lifetime Neighbourhoods
• Community Land Trusts
• Co-operative housing
• Community Housing Associations
• Refurbishment
• Community-led Self Build

It is a collaboration between four groups and individuals:
London Tenants Federation
Federation of organisations of tenants of social housing providers at borough level and at London level. LTF provides information and research on London’s housing issues through accessible policy briefings and newsletters. It facilitates networking and information exchange at local and regional events, linking tenants and other community and voluntary groups. www.londontenants.org

Loretta Lees
Professor Loretta Lees is a London-based urban geographer. She is an international expert on gentrification and the policies and practices associated with it. She is working to persuade policy makers and communities that there are alternatives.

Just Space
Just Space is a London wide network of voluntary and community groups operating at the regional, borough and neighbourhood levels. It came together to influence the strategic plan for Greater London – the London Plan – and counter the domination of the planning process by developers and public bodies, the latter often heavily influenced by development interests. www.justspace.org.uk

Southwark Notes Archive Group
Local people opposing and writing about the regeneration &
gentrification of the North Southwark area that has happened over the last 20 years. www.southwarknotes.wordpress.com