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Volume 2, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2634-1123
  • E-ISSN: 2634-1131

Abstract

In this short article, housing campaigner David Utley-Williams looks at the class dynamics that underpin estate demolition. Drawing on his own personal experience and looking at the broader sociopolitical context, he examines how estate demolition is a policy failure that inflicts huge damage on London’s working-class communities.

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2023-06-23
2026-04-14

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