The Failure of American Housing and the Rise of Tenant Power: A Conversation with Andrew Ross & Theo Henderson

In his latest book, Sunbelt Blues: The Failure of American Housing,  Professor Andrew Ross exposes the overlooked housing crisis sweeping America’s suburbs and rural areas, where residents suffer ongoing trauma, poverty, and nihilism. As an unhoused Angeleno, 2022 UCLA Activist-in-Residence Theo Henderson will bring his first-hand experience to the conversation while also lifting up the voices of the unhoused community of Los Angeles as he has done in his podcast We The Unhoused.

Featuring:
Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University

Theo Henderson, 2022 UCLA Activist-in-Residence and Creator of We The Unhoused Podcast

Moderated by:
Hannah Appel, UCLA Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies and Associate Faculty Director of the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy

Chaired by:
Ananya Roy, UCLA Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare and Geography and Inaugural Director of the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy