As insurance prices balloon & companies refuse renewals, state “insurers of last resort” (FAIR plans) are often the only coverage option left for many homeowners. Our new report explains how they often prioritize cost savings for companies, not affordability for families.

Check out @cplusc.bsky.social ’s new research on insurers of last resort and follow the brilliant @ipenaranda.bsky.social for more!

In the last six weeks, the Tenant Union Federation launched seven (7) majority tenant unions, across five (5) states, representing 1000 units of housing owned by Capital Realty Group, a New York-based corporate landlord. The first portfolio organizing of its kind...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Excellent read by @rebeccaburns.bsky.social , from the history of union pension investments to the growing number of union members “calling for investment in social goods, like green energy and affordable housing.”

Applications are due next Sunday October 5th for the @cplusc.bsky.social Housing Policy Manager role, spread the word!

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Many American politicians are learning from Vienna, which is combatting housing scarcity+climate change-- all at the same time.

This group from Portland is another example.

To go on a podcast jaunt and read more about Vienna's green social housing, check out our feature from June on @npr.org 📻🎧🌍

[email protected] is hiring! We're looking for a Housing & Communities Policy Manager who brings expertise in greening the housing stock and industrial policy for climate-safe homes. Lots more info on the webpage, but we're 100% remote and treat our people well. Apply by October 5!

EXTRACTION is hitting the road this fall. Thrilled to be in conversation with @dharna.bsky.social @bentarnoff.com @dwallacewells.bsky.social @earthworks.bsky.social and others.

Stay tuned for more events in the winter and spring! @wwnorton.com

‼️ Join my team ‼️ @cplusc.bsky.social is hiring a Housing Policy Manager to help advance progressive housing and climate solutions alongside some of the best tenant unions, labor unions, policymakers, and researchers in the field.

Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/

The idea that insurance premiums are a good way to mitigate climate risk to housing is a common misconception that, unfortunately, can obscure real solutions to the risks of climate change and perpetuate existing inequities.

Why is that? Well...
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Tenant organizers have been saysing for a long while that most homeowners should cast their lot with renters, for this reason.

The climate crisis is a catastrophe we cannot afford to ignore, means-test, or isolate as an ​“add-on” to other problems. Workers and tenants across the country understand that, and are advancing green economic populism at home and at work.

So fun to get to dig into it w/ @batul.bsky.social.

Are you going to Netroots? Join us TOMORROW, 3:45-4:45 PM for “Building Green Economic Populism,” moderated by @maryannaise.bsky.social with
PA State Sen. @nikilsaval.bsky.social, @ctulocal1.bsky.social's Stacy Davis Gates, Tenant Union Federation's Tara Raghuveer, and CCI's @jbozuwa.bsky.social

Labor and tenant unions can not only win climate objectives as well as economic ones but also build their bases through them.

Chicago's @ctulocal1.bsky.social and Southside Together show us how, as recounted in this piece by @cplusc.bsky.social's @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social and @batul.bsky.social.

Lots of good housing writing out this week!

🔥 @taraghuveer.bsky.social on tenants organizing for Zohran Mamdani for @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social: bit.ly/3J0TmZn

🔥 @sonalj.bsky.social on greening public housing for @cplusc.bsky.social: bit.ly/3H29skY

🔥 PolicyLink on rent control: bit.ly/4o6NLB2

Holy-Shit-grade new whitepaper just dropped from @cplusc.bsky.social.

Download this. Use this. It is so good.

I do not work there, I just think it is neat!

Some wild stats we found during research:

1️⃣ 45M rental units need substantial repairs

2️⃣ we need to 2x housing construction + 30x retrofits pace to reach CO2 reduction goals & supply needs

3️⃣ Construction labor is on decline. 500k construction job openings expected in 2025

We need a new approach!

I'm thrilled to share my latest essay, We Need a Green Industrial Policy for Housing. We need abundant green housing security. This is how we get it.

Written w the brilliant Julia Wagner & @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social. Short 🧵
climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/we-need-a-...

A green social housing agenda could drive innovative manufacturing for all of the green home technologies we'll need for healthy + decarbonized homes.

Not just a dream - real examples from NYCHA & Vienna. Great piece by @aldasky.bsky.social, @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social, and @cplusc.bsky.social

Zohranomics is an effective form of antifascist economic policy. The crisis of economic security that comes with basic questions of dignity & identity is being used by the far right. An agenda laser-focussed on the needs of ordinary people is the way out.

It's also a good way to survive a climate disaster

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Nearly half of Vienna's population lives in public housing. Our hidden gem of the week examines how the city's social housing offers a compelling counter-narrative to the neoliberal housing crisis.

By @aldasky.bsky.social, @ruthygourevitch.bsky at @cplusc.bsky.social‬

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