ABSTRACT
In the year 2020, and leading into 2021, one cannot think about urban resettlement without considering the dramatic and continually unfolding global, national, and local interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The outlook presented in the chapter has not been able to grapple comprehensively with all the issues, which the rich selection of cases provides, and with all the approaches through which the authors explore, analyse, and reflect on various dimension of everyday life in the context of displacement. Any engagement with questions of urban displacement into the future, and its more subjective dimensions captured in the concept of un-homing, will have to take account the indefinite interruption, with its economic, political, and social repercussions. Urban resettlement will remain a theme into the future, and less-disruptive alternatives, including in-situ upgrading, must be promoted with increased urgency. The human right to adequate housing has relevance to this endeavour.
