If you are not able to attend the event in person, we will be streaming the housing forum live and then archiving it on the CURA YouTube page.
Presenters: Representatives from Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia (United renters for Justice)
The concept of social housing is beginning to gain traction in various jurisdictions around the United States. While there is no one set definition, social housing is usually marked by permanent affordability of rental units, public ownership or control of those units, affordability for a wide range of incomes, and some level of democratic control for residents.
In some counties across Minnesota, this type of housing already exists, separate and apart from HUD-funded public housing or Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Increasingly known as locally owned and controlled housing, the demand for this alternative to current affordable housing models is increasing. Earlier in the 2024 Minnesota legislative session, the Minnesota Senate heard a bill that would have greatly increased this type of housing throughout the state.
Join us for a discussion on these issues and meet one of the organizations leading on the policy development and political organizing of expanding locally owned and controlled housing in Minnesota.
Historically, the CURA Housing Forum has been hosted to stimulate public discussion on housing research and issues. We are glad to announce the return of the forum which will occur monthly during the academic year (September to May) to provide a meeting place for researchers, students, housing practitioners, public officials, and citizens to learn about emerging housing programs and studies and discuss implications for the Twin Cities. The forum is free and open to the public. Make sure you are on our email list to learn about upcoming CURA Housing Forums.
The CURA Housing Forum is sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs. CURA aligns University of Minnesota resources to catalyze community-driven change.
Download a PDF of the presentation from this housing forum:
Edward Goetz
Edward G. Goetz is director of CURA and a faculty member at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
Ed specializes in housing and local community development planning and policy. His research focuses on issues of race and poverty and how they affect housing policy planning and development. Before coming to the University of Minnesota in 1988, he worked at the mayor's Office of Housing and Economic Development in San Francisco and for several nonprofit community developers in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He has served on the board of directors of nonprofit housing agencies in the Twin Cities, and on several regional commissions related to affordable housing and development.
He is the author of The One-Way Street of Integration: Fair Housing and the Pursuit of Racial Justice in American Cities (Cornell University Press, 2018), New Deal Ruins: Race, Economic Justice, and Public Housing Policy (Cornell University Press, 2013), Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America (2003, Urban Institute Press), Shelter Burden: Local Politics and Progressive Housing Policy (1993, Temple University Press), and co-editor of The New Localism: Comparative Urban Politics in a Global Era (1993, Sage Publications).
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