A PRRAC Publication (November 2020). By Scott W. Gehl. Excerpt: "In Buffalo, New York in a 1989 class-action suit, Comer v. Kemp, would eventually change the face of government-assisted housing and patterns of racial segregation which dated back to the first years of the twentieth century." Read the Publication... … [Read more...] about The Legacy of Buffalo’s Landmark Housing Desegregation Case, Comer v. Kemp (Scott W. Gehl, November 2020)
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“Under One Roof: Building an Abolitionist Approach to Housing Justice” by Sophie House and Krystle Okafor (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
By Sophie House and Krystle Okafor (Click here to view the entire PDF) I. Introduction This essay invites housing scholars and policymakers to consider how we can learn from the ongoing project of abolition. Abolition here refers to the body of scholarship and advocacy--beginning with the abolition of slavery and extending through contemporary movements for the abolition … [Read more...] about “Under One Roof: Building an Abolitionist Approach to Housing Justice” by Sophie House and Krystle Okafor (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
“From Grenfell to Granby: Challenging Spatial Injustice through Collective Alternatives to Public Housing” by Matthew Thompson (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
By Matthew Thompson (Click here to view the entire PDF) In June 2017, a catastrophic fire in London’s Grenfell Tower killed 72 of its inhabitants and made many more homeless. This 24-storey tower block, like many managed by borough councils across the capital, was home to the largely black and brown urban working class, people on low wages often servicing the lifestyles of … [Read more...] about “From Grenfell to Granby: Challenging Spatial Injustice through Collective Alternatives to Public Housing” by Matthew Thompson (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
“Looking to the Future and Learning from the Past: New Deal Housing Policy and COVID-19” by Hillary Botein (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
By Hilary Botein (Click here to view the entire PDF) This short essay focuses on the development of U.S. housing policies in the 1930s and 1940s, and how those discussions can inform a reimagining of housing policies in 2020. As Peter Marcuse and others have described, the “myth of the benevolent state” leads us to believe that the state acts to protect its citizens, when in … [Read more...] about “Looking to the Future and Learning from the Past: New Deal Housing Policy and COVID-19” by Hillary Botein (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
“The Urgent Public Health Need to Extend Eviction Moratoria and Mortgage Forbearance Programs” by Gregory D. Squires and Ira Goldstein (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
By Gregory D. Squires and Ira Goldstein (Click here to view the entire PDF) The latest Census Household Pulse Survey (October 14–26, 2020) reveals that 1.1 million rental households (13.1%) and 395 thousand owners (4.6%) feel that it is very likely that they will lose their home in the next two months due to foreclosure or eviction. An estimated 3.6 million owner households … [Read more...] about “The Urgent Public Health Need to Extend Eviction Moratoria and Mortgage Forbearance Programs” by Gregory D. Squires and Ira Goldstein (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
