{"id":14335,"date":"2016-11-30T18:50:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=14335"},"modified":"2016-11-30T18:50:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:50:06","slug":"ihbc-practice-challenge-are-we-building-our-way-to-hell-through-gentrification-now-you-too-can-contribute-to-the-debate-using-our-newsblog-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14335","title":{"rendered":"IHBC practice challenge: Are we ‘building our way to hell\u2019 through gentrification? Now you too can contribute to the debate using our NewsBlog comments\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"general<\/a>Heritage-led regeneration \u2013 which often includes swathes of new build – and gentrification together form acontentious pairing, and one that can\u2019t be ignored as it is happening all around the world, as reported recently also in the Guardian.<\/h3>\n

IHBC Director Sean O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018As skilled practitioners working with historic buildings and areas, IHBC members are well placed to distinguish between the economic and social issues that underpin gentrification, and conservation that rejuvenates the intrinsic potential of historic places.\u00a0 But are we looking at these issues with a suitably critical eye, or in enough detail?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Now is your chance to join the conversation using our NewsBlogs feedback comments service.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Guardian writes:<\/p>\n

From community displacement in Mexico City to tourism-triggered evictions in Lisbon and crazy rent hikes in Silicon Valley, our readers shared stories of gentrification happening in their cities \u2013 and the initiatives trying to tackle it.<\/p>\n

View the full Guardian story<\/a><\/p>\n

You can find see more about these and many other local and global conservation-related matters on the IHBC Director\u2019s informal Flipboard magazine: Conservation: Global and Local<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n