"London market demolition triggers UN investigation into area’s gentrification", 27 Oktober 2017

A team of United Nations human rights experts are investigating gentrification in London amid a row over the planned demolition of a Latin American market... [T]he Pueblito Paisa’s stallholders have been battling for almost a decade to stay in their current location [...] and argue the change will affect their livelihoods... Surya Deva, chair of the UN working group on business and human rights, said it would submit a report on the dispute containing recommendations after its investigation... “I think this is an issue which is not merely about developed cities – it is an issue which has global implications [over] the displacement of people from their properties and land.” [...] A spokesperson for development firm Grainger said it was “committed to encapsulating and sustaining the culture and vibrancy of the current market in the new development”.