Futures of Social Housing

This convening brings together scholars and movement leaders for a capacious discussion of social housing inspired by a white paper published by colleagues at the Urban Democracy Lab at NYU calling for the formation of a Social Housing Development Authority. Centering housing justice movements, the event will explore how social housing might transform the land/debt economy of racial capitalism, mobilize a public stake in property and public investment in housing, and build collective ownership and stewardship of land and housing.

• Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Urban Democracy Lab, NYU
• H. Jacob Carlson, Brown University
• Carroll Fife, Oakland City Council District 3 and Moms 4 Housing
• Melissa García Lamarca, Barcelona Laboratory for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability
• Tara Raghuveer, KC Tenants and Homes Guarantee
• Ojan Mobedshahi & Annie McShiras, East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative
• Robert C. Hockett, Cornell Law School
• Maurice BP-Weeks, Action Center on Race & the Economy (ACRE)