Government, if forced into admission, redevelop some areas (8)
I believe the answer is:
gentrify
'redevelop some areas' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'government if forced into admission' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'government' could be 'g' (abbreviation for government) and 'g' is found within the answer.
'if' is found in the answer.
'admission' could be 'entry' (I've seen this before) and 'entry' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gentrify that I've seen before include "Improve (housing area)" , "make over?" .)