Just Housing Futures in NYC

Catalog description

Housing movements throughout the country have been fighting to move land and housing out of corporate control and into community hands. From campaigns for right to counsel and rent control to unhoused families successfully reclaiming vacant homes to tenants buying their buildings together with support from community partners, interest in housing models for people not for profit?often referred to as social housing?is on the rise. What does it take to create and sustain social housing, and what can we learn from past and current efforts as we imagine and work toward a future with homes for all? This seminar will explore: histories of social housing models and movements in the U.S, including cooperatives, community land trusts, and public housing; the organizing, policy, and financing tools needed to implement and sustain them; the tensions and contradictions between visions and implementation; and lessons for ongoing organizing work. We will also explore connections between housing justice and other social movements. Our focus will be on NYC, grounding our discussion in current local and statewide challenges and opportunities.