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    The Psychosocial Impacts of Urban Renewal-Induced Displacement on Resetteld People at Gurara Condominium, Woreda 02, Yeka Sub-City, in Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2025-06-01) Yonas Abebe; Ashenafi Hagos (PhD)
    Urban renewal is a process of redevelopment or renovating older parts of cities and towns, including decay, inadequate infrastructure, and slum areas. Nodaway, urban renewal is an important issue and unavoidable to ensure the competences of cities with global cities. The study aims to explore the psychosocial impacts of urban renewal-induced displacement on resettledpeople in Addis Ababa, Yeka sub-city, woreda 02, at Gurara condominium. The study employed a qualitative research method with In-depth interviews, key informant interviews, and FGD to collect relevant data. Among displaced members five individuals were selected for an in-depth interview. Two focus group discussions employed, each team had six members or with a total of twelve members. Five key informants selected to get deep data. So, the data collected from 22 study participants. The primary participants of this study are displaced households selected through the purposive sampling method, who have knowledge and experiences. The results and the discussions parts of the study show that the role of government in solving the negative challenges was insignificant and in such projects community should actively participate, to alleviate the challenges. Therefore, the researcher recommended to the concerned stakeholders to improve the psychosocial impacts of relocation due to urban-renewal programs. Finally, the researcher also put crucial implications for the next researcher, for education, urban policy implementation and for affected communities. Key words: Urban renewal, psychosocial, Redevelopment, impact, displacement and resettlment.