Homes for Living
The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons
Jonathan Tarleton
- A
- tale
- of
- 2
- NYC
- affordable
- housing
- co-ops’
- struggle
- over
- privatization,
- public
- goods,
- and
- the
- future
- of
- American
- housingThe
- American
- Dream
- of
- homeownership
- is
- becoming
- an
- American
- Delusion.
- As
- renters
- seek
- an
- escape
- from
- record-breaking
- rent
- hikes,
- first-time
- buyers
- find
- that
- skyrocketing
- interest
- rates
- and
- historically
- low
- inventory
- leave
- them
- with
- scant
- options
- for
- an
- affordable
- place
- to
- live.
- With
- home
- valued
- more
- than
- ever
- as
- a
- commodity,
- even
- social
- housing
- programs
- meant
- to
- insulate
- families
- from
- cut-throat
- markets
- are
- under
- threat—sometimes
- by
- residents
- themselves.In
- Homes
- for
- Living,
- urban
- planner
- and
- oral
- historian
- Jonathan
- Tarleton
- introduces
- readers
- to
- 2
- social
- housing
- co-ops
- in
- Brooklyn
- and
- Manhattan.
- Longtime
- residents
- of
- St.
- James
- Towers
- and
- Southbridge
- Towers
- lock
- horns
- over
- whether
- to
- maintain
- the
- rules
- that
- have
- kept
- their
- homes
- affordable
- for
- decades
- or
- to
- cash
- out
- at
- great
- personal
- profit,
- thereby
- denying
- future
- generations
- the
- same
- opportunity
- to
- build
- thriving
- communities
- rooted
- in
- mutual
- care.With
- a
- deft
- hand
- for
- mapping
- personal
- histories
- atop
- the
- greater
- housing
- crisis,
- Tarleton
- explores
- housing
- as
- a
- public
- good,
- movements
- for
- tenant
- rights
- and
- Indigenous
- sovereignty,
- and
- questions
- of
- race
- and
- class
- to
- lay
- bare
- competing
- visions
- of
- what
- ownership
- means,
- what
- homes
- are
- for,
- and
- what
- neighbors
- owe
- each other.
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