#Minneapolis community!!

Check out #zAmya Theater Project's premiere of "Living in America: The Waiting List is Full."

zAmya combines lived experience & artistic expression to inspire communities to work for housing justice for all.

Up next at #ACSP2025 I’m speaking about just cause eviction protections from advocacy research developed w/
@rentersunitemd.bsky.social & @curaumn.bsky.social

"Does tenant organizing improve housing quality & health?"

🔥 Fascinating new research by
@midwesterly.bsky.social, Drew Dearwood &
@alexkarner.bsky.social on the housing-health intersection out of UT Austin working with community org Basta!

#ACSP2025 —> Check out their findings👇

We divided speech into 6 policy areas: measured their volume, temporality & geography.

*Surprisingly* —> the 3 dominant policy areas were (1) private rental, (2) state owned, and (3) fair housing —> each of which we define as "State-Protectionist" policy approaches.

*How do crises impact policy debate?*

I'm thrilled to share my new article in @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social w/ ‪@acomandon.bsky.social‬ (& Drew Messamore) that Andre & me began while at @uclaurbanplanning.bsky.social !

The article cites an initial report we produced at
@curaumn.bsky.social w/ Edward Goetz, Evan Davis & economist Jeremy Schwartz. www.cura.umn.edu/research/goo...

How can research inform policy change?

My team worked w/ tenant advocates from across the country to debunk the landlord lobbyist trope that eviction protections for tenants hamper the rate of construction.

Our model & evidence linked below in this @shelterforce.bsky.social article👇

Happy to celebrate five years since @antipodeonline.bsky.social released "Geographies of Racial Capitalism w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore."

If you haven't seen or considered it as a teaching or organizing tool: check it out 👇
antipodeonline.org/geographies-...

I'm excited to be part of a community conversation & symposium today on "Home Economics" at the infamous Miami University Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati.

Started w/ fascinating talk by @geoplace.bsky.social on @towardsfairwork.bsky.social to curtail poor work conditions in the platform economy.

Great Session on the role of data in action/activist geographical research at #aag2025 🔥🔥

Organized by Declan Cullen, Kafui Attoh & @geoplace.bsky.social

New special issue on on Housing Movements & Racial Capitalism w/ @akirarodriguez.bsky.social & Margit Mayer in @politicsandspace.bsky.social

& cute team editor photo in Berlin '22

Check out 5 great contributions!!👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Previous research has also found that #goodcause reduces the rate of evictions.

jpia.princeton.edu/news/effect-...

Tenant protections are also VERY popular among the public.

A recent New York Survey from @cssnyorg.bsky.social found that 78% of New Yorkers support the adoption of Good Cause!!

www.cssny.org/publications...

We found that in CA, OR, NH that previously passed these protections, no observable decline in housing construction exists.

Thus, we can protect tenants w/o worrying about it negatively impacting the housing market, which is a common criticism among landlord & developer opposition.

*Do tenant protections lead to a lower rate of housing production?*

Our analysis suggests no.

Housing production in CA, OR & NH did not decline after passage of "Good/Just Cause" eviction protections relative to nearby states w/o the law.👇

www.cura.umn.edu/research/goo...

* * Polling Finds #TenantProtections are VERY Popular * *

A new survey from @cssnyorg.bsky.social found that among respondents:
—> 81% support adopting #RentStabilization
—> 78% support adopting #GoodCauseEviction #JustCause