degentrification

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ gentrification.

Noun

degentrification (uncountable)

1. The reverse process of gentrification, such that a residential area previously only affordable to affluent people becomes affordable to those who are poorer.
   • 2013, Loretta Lees, Tom Slater, Elvin Wyly, Gentrification:

     Prophesies of degentrification appear to have been overstated as many neighborhoods continue to gentrify while others, further from the city center begin to experience the process for the first time.