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The great thing about money is that people can spend it on things they need instead of things that other people ('experts') think they need. Amazing talk by Rory Stewart on the power of cash to eliminate extreme poverty. Worth 13 mins of your time -->

Who is working on tenant overcrowding in the US? cc Sebastian Kohl

We're happy to see the Homes Act, proposed today by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Tina Smith, a bill with bold solutions to the housing crisis. Our report, "Green Social Housing at Scale," informed this bill! Read the QT to learn how a housing development authority works. climateandcommunity.org/research/green…

Tenant organizing is one of the best ways of solving the housing crisis! thestar.com/news/ontario/h…

🎉🥳🏙️The Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) is proud to release its 2024 Annual Report — marking 10 years since our founding and commitment to the betterment of cities! 📄📎Summary and full report: bu.edu/ioc/2024/09/19…

Check out our #CFP on "Anti-gentrification policymaking & anti-displacement tools" for AAG w/ Prof. Loretta Lees 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇪, Andre Comandon, Prentiss Dantzler & Orwa Switat of Religion & Public Life at Harvard Divinity School 👇👇

This is big: Kamala Harris officially and strongly endorses the billionaire income tax, an essential step to restore tax justice! kamalaharris.com/wp-content/upl…

The movement for green social housing has never been stronger. Or more desperately needed. Reminder to join this incredible conversation today! In 5 minutes! policylink.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

They’re at it again. Douglas Emmett Inc – the sleazy corporate landlord behind an illegal mass eviction in Los Angeles – is now trying to take over the Santa Monica City Council and push its anti-tenant agenda. 🧵

Yesterday millions of tenants forked over the majority of their paychecks to their landlords. For many, it’s more money than they’ve ever paid for the worst conditions they’ve ever endured. I can tell you one thing for sure: the proposals listed here don’t speak to them at all.

The rise of the Tenant Union. Congratulations to Tara Raghuveer, @kctenants and Tenant Union Federation time.com/7023535/tara-r…

Excited to see my book Renters Unite up on the Pluto Press website plutobooks.com/9780745350011/… Written out of the experience of being in London Renters Union and meeting others building similarly inspiring tenant unions.

My favorite TIME 100 climate person is KC Tenants' Tara Raghuveer. She's one of the country's most dynamic tenant organizers, at a time when housing and climate politics are one. She gets it. The tenant unions she's building will help save the planet. bostonreview.net/forum_response…

Another great housing report from josh ryan-collins 👇🏼👇🏼

How to tax billionaires Contrarily to received wisdom, governments have still ample room to impose important taxes on billionaires and multi-millionaires lemonde.fr/blog/piketty/2…

Why are tenant protections are a climate justice issue, how are people are fighting back? Join us, Sierra Club, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, and @tenantfed TOMORROW at 2 ET/11 PT for an overview of our new primer, highlights of organizing work, and more! sierraclub.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Are you interested in environmental politics, data ethics, and anti-colonial futures? I'm recruiting #PhD students in the School of Interactive Computing Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech! Please apply to our PhD program and work with Critical Technocultures Lab! crit-technocultures.com

The special issue "The Rules, Institutions and Politics of Housing Informality in Europe", which I co-edited with Sabina Maslova and Alex, is finally online on European Urban and Regional Studies. Available at: journals.sagepub.com/toc/eura/31/4

Excited to check out this new special issue on housing in European Urban and Regional Studies !! Tons of great contributions in there.