Articles & News featuring Network Members
- We the Unhoused Episode 19: In Covid LimboAPRIL 16, 2020 – Podcast by #UnequalCities Network member Theo Henderson
- The Quarantine Tapes 019: Tracy Jeanne RosenthalAPRIL 16, 2020 – Podcast via dublab & Onassis LA featuring #UnequalCities Network member Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal
- The Pandemic and Hoarding are Drying Up Vital Food Supplies to L.A.’s Homeless Residents
APRIL 9, 2020 – Article via LA Times featuring #UnequalCities Network members Pete White and Melissa Acedera
- Why the Issue of Migrant Security Should be a Top Priority in India’s COVID Response
APRIL 8, 2020 – Article via The Economic Times by #UnequalCities Network Steering Committee member Gautam Bhan
- There Is Enough Housing for People Unhoused, We Must Act Now
APRIL 6, 2020 – Article via ACLU Southern California by #UnequalCities Network member Eve Garrow
- How Rent Control Promotes Racial Equity
APRIL 2, 2020 – Article via Shelterforce by #UnequalCities Network member Amee Chew
- The Case for a Rent MoratoriumAPRIL 1, 2020 – Opinion piece via New York Times featuring #UnequalCities Network member Gianpaolo Baiocchi and H. Jacob Carlson
- All In the Same BoatAPRIL 1, 2020 – Podcast via We The Unhoused by #UnequalCities Network member Theo Henderson
- In Support of #RentStrike2020 and Housing Actions Against COVID-Austerity WorldwideAPRIL 1, 2020 – Statement via Radical Housing Journal by #UnequalCities Network partners the Radical Housing Journal Editorial Collective
- COVID-19 Impact in NYCAPRIL 1, 2020 – Map by #UnequalCities Network partners Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
- #FoodNotRent Strike on April 1st in LA’s Mariachi PlazaAPRIL 1, 2020 – Video interview (en español) via Noticias 62 TV feat. #UnequalCities Network member Elizabeth Blaney
- COVID-19 Emergency Tenant Protections and Rent StrikesAPRIL 2020 – Map by #UnequalCities Network partners Anti-Eviction Mapping Project
- COVID-19 Housing and Homelessness Demands for Federal ActionAPRIL 2020 – Statement via People’s Action featuring #UnequalCities Network partners Homes Guarantee
- “This Is About Survival”: California Tenants Plan Rent Strikes as COVID-19 Relief Falls ShortMARCH 31, 2020 – Article via The Guardian featuring #UnequalCities Network partners LA Tenants Union
- Reclaim Our HomesMARCH 20, 2020 – Article via Dissent magazine featuring #UnequalCities Network partners ACCE, LA Tenants Union, and LACCLA
- An Eviction Moratorium Is Not Enough; Rent Must Be SuspendedMARCH 19, 2020 – Article via KNOCK LA featuring #UnequalCities Network member Jacob Woocher
- Bio-austerity and Solidarity in the COVID-19 Space of Emergency - Episode OneMARCH 19, 2020 – Publication via Society + Space by #UnequalCities Network members Michele Lancione and AbouMaliq
- We Need Social Solidarity, Not Just Social DistancingMARCH 14, 2020 – Editorial via New York Times by #UnequalCities Network member Eric Klinenberg
- The Coronavirus Exposes Why the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Should Be CanceledMARCH 4, 2020 – Article via The Nation by #UnequalCities member Jules Boykoff
- Homeless Man Produces Podcast on His Mobile PhoneFEBRUARY 26, 2020 – Short film via Invisible People feat. #UnequalCities Network member Theo Henderson
- Trump Confesses to Just How Bigly the Olympics Screws Over the PoorFEBRUARY 20, 2020 – Article via Daily Beast feat. #UnequalCities Network members Jules Boykoff and Spike Friedman
- Stolen LandFEBRUARY 4, 2020 – Podcast via Housing Justice Los Angeles feat. #UnequalCities Principal Investigator Ananya Roy
- All Eyes on Oakland: Moms 4 Housing Continues to FightJANUARY 31, 2020 – Article via Essence Magazine featuring the #UnequalCities Network organization ACCE
- Dear Mitch, Don’t Evict Us: A Letter from the Residents at Echo Park LakeJANUARY 23, 2020 – Open letter via Knock LA by the unhoused residents of Echo Park Lake
- Local Activists Target Olympic Preparations as Catalyst of GentrificationDECEMBER 17, 2019 – Podcast via KCRW’s Greater LA feat. #UnequalCities Network community partner NOlympics LA
- Austin Housing Advocate Says Land Code Rewrite Is An Improvement, But Could Be StrongerDECEMBER 11, 2019 – Interview via NPR’s KUT 90.5 feat. #UnequalCities Network member Awais Azhar
- A Way Out of No Way: Struggles for Economic Survival in Black MilwaukeeDECEMBER 9, 2019 – Essay via Society & Space by #UnequalCities Network member Hilary Wilson
- Airbnb + The Olympics = DISASTERDECEMBER 3, 2019 – Video via Means TV feat. #UnequalCities Steering Committee member Raquel Rolnik
- Diverting Eyes and Bodies: The Management of Homeless Visibility in New York CityNOVEMBER 19, 2019 – Article via Metropolitics by #UnequalCities Network member Eric Goldfischer
- On ‘The City In the Age of Trumpism:’ A Conversation with Ananya RoyNOVEMBER 13, 2019 – Interview via Society+Space by Malini Ranganathan and A. Naomi Paik
- The Big Pond #51: The Right to HousingOCTOBER 23, 2019 – Podcast via Goethe Institut USA feat. #UnequalCities Network members Jutta Allmendinger, Caroline Porter, Lisa Riedner, Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal, and Principal Investigator Ananya Roy
- New Measure HHH Audit: Too Little Done, Too SlowlyOCTOBER 8, 2019 – Interview via 89.3 KPCC feat. #UnequalCities Network member Pete White
- Focus on People, Rather Than Buildings: A Movement-Based Exploration of Conflicts Around Housing in LAOCTOBER 2019 – Article via Goethe Institut by #UnequalCities Network member Lisa Riedner
- Protesters Disrupt Sunnyside Yard Public Meeting in LIC, Chaotic ScenesSEPTEMBER 17, 2019 – Article via Sunnyside Post feat. #UnequalCities Steering Committee member James DeFilippis
- Houselessness is a Global CrisisSEPTEMBER 5, 2019 – Interview via Medium feat. #UnequalCities Network members Pete White & Lisa Riedner
- Location-Based Policing: New Technologies, Same RacismsSEPTEMBER 3, 2019 – Article via Medium by #UnequalCities Network partner Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
- Raquel Rolnik is Back In Los Angeles and Our Housing Crisis is Worse Than EverAUGUST 21, 2019 – Article via KNOCK.LA feat. #UnequalCities Steering Committee member Raquel Rolnik
- ‘O centro é’ o mais importante território de disputa em São Paulo‘ / ’The center is the most important dispute territory in São Paulo’AUGUST 13, 2019 – Interview via Jornal Destak feat. #UnequalCities Steering Committee member Raquel Rolnik
- California is Desperately Trying to Hide Homeless People, Critics SayJULY 31 2019 – Article via VICE feat. #UnequalCities Network member Pete White
- All Housing Doesn’t MatterJULY 24, 2019 – Interview via The New Inquiry feat. #UnequalCities Network member Erin McElroy
- 101 Notes on the LA Tenants UnionJULY 19, 2019 – Article via Commune Magazine by #UnequalCities Network member Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal
- Renter Power Assemblies in CaliforniaJUNE 25, 2019 – Essay via Urban Habitat by #UnequalCities Network Steering Committee member Tony Roshan Samara
- Juneteenth and Texas Freedom ColoniesJUNE 19, 2019 – Podcast via A Little Louder feat. #UnequalCities Network member Andrea Roberts
- Stalling: How to Save the Global CityJUNE 11 2019 – Article via Public Books by #UnequalCities Network Steering Committee member Gautam Bhan
- Uploading Housing Inequality, Digitizing Housing Justice?JUNE 10 2019 – Article via Public Books by #UnequalCities Network member Desiree Fields
- New Data Tool To Shed Light On Inequality In the Bay AreaJUNE 6 2019 – Article via KPIX 5 CBS SF Bay Area feat. #UnequalCities Network member Sarah Treuhaft
- UCLA’s Ananya Roy on Housing Inequality and Market DisplacementMAY 27, 2019 – Interview via The Planning Report feat. #UnequalCities Principal Investigator Ananya Roy
- Exclusion of Poor Tenants Highlights Fatal Flaw in Housing PolicyMAY 14, 2019 – Article via The Guardian by Patrick Butler
- Renovation Rent Hikes Are ‘Fundamentally Designed’ To Displace TenantsMAY 1, 2019 – Article via Gothamist by Elizabeth Kim feat. #UnequalCities Network member Benjamin Dulchin
- Closing the Loopholes: What Six Rental Histories Tell Us About Fixing Rent Regulation in New YorkMAY 2019 – Report via Community Service Society by #UnequalCities Network members Oksana Mironova and Jeff Jones
- Who is the Financialised City For?APRIL 25, 2019 – Article via Greater Manchester Housing Action feat. #UnequalCities Network member Desiree Fields
- Should Rent Regulations be Expanded to More Apartments?APRIL 25, 2019 – Video via Spectrum News New York feat. #UnequalCities Network member Benjamin Dulchin
- Time to Delink Homeownership from Asset BuildingAPRIL 5, 2019 – Essay via Shelterforce by #UnequalCities Network member Miriam Axel-Lute
- You’ve Heard of NIMBYs - but Who Are the PHIMBYs?APRIL 1, 2019 – Article via Los Angeles Magazine feat. #UnequalCities Network member Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal
- Prioritising Housing Needs of Slum-Dwellers is Not Only a Moral Imperative But Now a Legal OneMARCH 29, 2019 – Article via The Indian Express by Eklavya Vasudev
- Research 101: A Manifesto for Ethical Research in the Downtown East SideMARCH 15, 2019 – Report via Canadian Observatory on Homelessness by Louise Boilevin et al.
- Will a Measure to Help L.A.’s Homeless Become a Historic Public Housing Debacle?MARCH 8, 2019 – Article via Los Angeles Magazine feat. #UnequalCities Network member Pete White
- Techlash CityMARCH 2019 – Podcast via CityLab’s Technopolis feat. #UnequalCities Network member Desiree Fields
- Housing Justice in #Unequal CitiesFEBRUARY 9, 2019 – Essay via FEM Magazine by Daniela Hernandez
- Priced Out: LA’s Hidden HomelessFEBRUARY 2019 – Video via CBS feat. #UnequalCities Network partners LA Community Action Network (LACAN) and Los Angeles Center for Community Law and Action (LACCLA)
- Our Homes Our Future: 2019 Rent Control ReportFEBRUARY 2019 – Report via Right to the City, PolicyLink, and Center for Popular Democracy co-edited by #UnequalCities Network member Sarah Treuhaft
- Finding Ways to Turn the University Model Inside OutJANUARY 31, 2019 – Article via Next City feat. #UnequalCities Principal Investigator Ananya Roy and Network member Hilary Malson
- At the Intersection of Activism, Housing and PoliticsJANUARY 14, 2019 – Article via UCLA Luskin feat. #UnequalCities Network member Micah White
- Not In My NeighborhoodJANUARY 2019 – Video by New Day Films
- Constructing Solidarities for a Humane UrbanismJANUARY 2019 – Open source publication via Insurgent Midwest by #UnequalCities Network member Faranak Miraftab
Videos
Scholars from the #UnequalCities Steering Committee share their thoughts around some of the most urgent aspects of housing and urban transformations. Major themes that emerge are black dispossession, property rights, land use policies, neighborhood effects, the criminalization of poverty, and residential resegregation.
Gautam Bhan, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Nicholas Blomley, Simon Fraser University
James DeFilippis, Rutgers University
Nik Heynen, University of Georgia
Maria Kaïka, University of Amsterdam
Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, Brown University
Raquel Rolnik, University of São Paulo
