Incredible new video with @ceaweaver.bsky.social about the story of the Pinnacle Tenants organizing, out of the @mayor.nyc.gov Office to Protect Tenants. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5dv...

The Union of Pinnacle Tenants: A Short History of NYC Housing*

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

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As of today, Diversityland is officially out! It’s exciting/terrifying/relieving to let the book you spent years writing out into the world. I’m so deeply grateful for the village of people that helped me make it to this point.

A stronger economy starts with affordable housing. The latest @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social housing proposals call for: 🏘️ Social housing 🏠 National rent control 💡 Rent & energy bill assistance 🌪️ National disaster insurance Read more: gamechangerspolicy.org

National Disaster Insurance for All by @moira.bsky.social would create a national disaster insurance program and invest in community resilience, helping keep coverage affordable while making homes and neighborhoods safer as climate risks grow peri.umass.edu/publication/...

National Disaster Insurance for All: Single-Payer Disaster Insurance and Community Resilience Investments for Safer and More Affordable Housing

The Problem The climate crisis is fueling extreme weather and increasing disaster risk for households and housing providers across the country, representing collectives risks that no individual househ...

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💡 Toward Housing as a Human Right by @aldasky.bsky.social, @sevier.io & Maddison Wells would expand housing vouchers to every eligible family, cover utilities, and improve housing quality, helping eliminate extreme housing and energy insecurity peri.umass.edu/publication/...

Toward Housing as a Human Right: Eliminate Extreme Housing and Energy Insecurity with a Safe Housing Foundation

The Problem Most Americans living in deep housing insecurity are renters, unhoused, or precariously housed. Only one quarter of households eligible for a Housing Choice Voucher are able to get one; th...

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🏠 National Rent Control by @markpaulecon.bsky.social would cap annual rent increases nationwide, helping stabilize housing costs, reduce displacement, and give renters immediate relief while longer-term housing solutions take shape peri.umass.edu/publication/...

National Rent Control

The Problem The majority of the 44 million households who rent their homes in the U.S. are cost burdened, spending at least 30% of their income on housing.[1] And it is not just low-income families…

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🏘️ The Social Housing Development Authority by @hjacobcarlson.bsky.social proposes a federal developer, lender, and land bank to expand permanently affordable, green housing—creating more than 1.2 million homes while supporting good jobs and cutting emissions peri.umass.edu/publication/...

The Social Housing Development Authority

The Problem Half of renters and a quarter of homeowners have unaffordable housing – the highest rates on record. Meanwhile, 17% of global emissions come from our homes, making the need to…

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Climate change-fueled disasters threaten the safety of our homes & insurance provides a financial safety net to help us recover. But current insurance systems are failing, leaving households high (& not dry). What can the federal government do? I've got a proposal: peri.umass.edu/publication/...

National Disaster Insurance for All: Single-Payer Disaster Insurance and Community Resilience Investments for Safer and More Affordable Housing

The Problem The climate crisis is fueling extreme weather and increasing disaster risk for households and housing providers across the country, representing collectives risks that no individual househ...

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Here's a plan for housing as a human right: ☑️ National rent control ☑️ Universal rent and energy bill assistance ☑️ National disaster insurance ☑️ Social housing development Proud to put this forward with @aldasky.bsky.social @markpaulecon.bsky.social @moira.bsky.social @hjacobcarlson.bsky.social

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

Game Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.

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Without an insurance system for the many, only the wealthy few are likely to remain solvent as climate-driven disasters increase. Read our policy brief produced in collaboration with @periumass.bsky.social on how the US can equitably spread the costs & benefits of a stable disaster insurance system:

National Disaster Insurance for All: Single-Payer Disaster Insurance and Community Resilience Investments for Safer and More Affordable Housing - Climate and Community Institute

The Problem The climate crisis is fueling extreme weather and increasing disaster risk for households and housing providers across the country, representing collectives risks that no …

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Today, we're releasing three additional briefs as part of our collaboration with @periumass.bsky.social, which propose creating a Safe Housing Foundation, advancing national rent control, and establishing a Social Housing Development Authority: climateandcommunity.org/tag/game-cha...

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America Archives - Climate and Community Institute

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Climate and Community Institute@cplusc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Without an insurance system for the many, only the wealthy few are likely to remain solvent as climate-driven disasters increase. Read our policy brief produced in collaboration with @periumass.bsky.social on how the US can equitably spread the costs & benefits of a stable disaster insurance system:

Game Changers launches the final wave of policy proposals! This week's proposals examine how we can reshape the rules governing finance, housing, taxation, defense spending, and public investment to build a more stable, equitable, and democratic economy. gamechangerspolicy.org

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What if we rewrote the rules of our economy to better serve people, communities, and the public interest? This week's Game Changers proposals explore bold ideas for Righting the Rules, from financial regulation and housing to public investment and tax policy. 🌐 GameChangersPolicy.org

🏠 Explore this week's Game Changers housing proposals: -Toward Housing as a Human Right @aldasky.bsky.social, @sevier.io & Maddison Wells -National Rent Control @markpaulecon.bsky.social -The Social Housing Development Authority @hjacobcarlson.bsky.social 🌐 GameChangersPolicy.org

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

Game Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.

gamechangerspolicy.org

I can’t believe it’s real! The publisher sent me some early copies of Diversityland, and it’s so pretty in person. 🤩

What would it take to better support families? The Care Package brings together 3 ideas: • Universal Basic Income for Children • Universal Child Care • Paid Family & Medical Leave Together, they invest in families, workers, and the economy. 🎥 Watch below Learn more: peri.umass.edu/publication/...

In this new piece with Suresh Naidu (part of the Game Changers volume), I lay out a vision for how to use sectoral standards in America - to set wages but much more, including regulating technology like AI. Check it out! peri.umass.edu/publication/...

Raising Middle-Class Pay and Working Conditions through Sectoral Standards

The Problem Most American workers do not have a say in the governance of their workplaces, and too often are paid wages that have not tracked economy-wide productivity. We need institutions that give…

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Excited to see the first wave of Game Changers proposal launch today! It’s been a privilege to be part of this effort alongside an incredible group of economists, scholars and policy experts. Looking forward to sharing more as additional proposals are released over the coming weeks!

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America@gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · 3w ago

The first Game Changers policy proposals are here! Today's releases explore ending profiteering in healthcare, strengthening worker voice, expanding care, reforming immigration policy, and rethinking the workweek. Explore the collection: GameChangersPolicy.org

These tours are awesome! Katelin's walking history through NYC's social housing is so good.

katelin (she/they)@loudsocialist.bsky.social · 3w ago

Giving my first tour on Friday, come through! get your tickets here: littleslicetours.com

Here is what OMB rule means for states/local governments (>$1 trillion in revenue at risk): 1) More admin burdens: inestimable amount of new paperwork, allowance for agencies to add vague new “risk factors” in grant determination, vast expansion of E-verify, Buy America provisions on everything…

Welcome to the official account for Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America. This week we're introducing the project and its vision. Next week, we'll begin rolling out the first wave of policy proposals! Learn more: gamechangerspolicy.org

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

Game Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.

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Very excited to be part of this effort to change the game. Nine great teams reimagining what our economy could look like. Check it out. #GamgChangersPolicy

PERI Umass Amherst@periumass.bsky.social · last mo.

It's time to change the game. Bold, new policies to build a stronger, fairer, greener economy for all Americans. Watch trailer: Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America gamechangerspolicy.org via @periatumass #GameChangersPolicy peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/

Excited to have been a part of this! A set of detailed policy proposals for how to get us out of this mess. On topics including health/child care, worker voice/power, climate change, financial regulation, immigration, and housing - and more. First set out on July 6. gamechangerspolicy.org

PERI Umass Amherst@periumass.bsky.social · last mo.

It's time to change the game. Bold, new policies to build a stronger, fairer, greener economy for all Americans. Watch trailer: Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America gamechangerspolicy.org via @periatumass #GameChangersPolicy peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/

So @darializaforny.bsky.social is a PhD candidate in Sociology at CUNY. For the sociologists and Congress-watchers: would she be the first-ever soc PhD candidate in Congress? Are there currently any other ABD congressfolk? And: will her committee understand that this could extend her timeline?

I'm still bitter that I didn't get parental leave as a postdoc at Brown.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

special Fathers Day shout-out to paid family leave

This seems to be the year of municipal social housing mayors! 51st.news/janeese-lewi...

Janeese Lewis George declares victory in D.C.'s mayoral primary

She bested her former council colleague Kenyan McDuffie by double digits, crowning a wave of progressive wins.

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To explain why the mayor map is so great: here's a party delegate contest that shows that a narrow progressive win usually looks like: the establishment gets rich, poor, and suburban-lite neighborhoods, progressives get the rest. But Janeese won the poor neighborhoods tonight.

New research with @urbandemos.bsky.social and @actionlabny.bsky.social shows how the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act and the Homes Act would transform housing in NY, greening and modernizing public housing while building affordable, tenant-controlled homes at scale: nyshousingsolution.com

Ever lived in an NYC apartment and had to crack the window in the middle of winter because it's too hot? These window heat pumps give you control and comfort. And then it gives you A/C in the summer! Great report on how NYCHA is facilitating decarbonization and comfort in your housing

Climate and Community Institute@cplusc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For @shelterforce.bsky.social, CCI's Timi Koyejo explained how NYC's public housing authority is using its procurement power to drive down costs, cut emissions, and transform the market for green tech:

@shelterforce.bsky.social, Timi Koyejo of @cplusc.bsky.social writes on how New York City's #publichousing authority is using its #anchor procurement power "to speed up green retrofits, improve residents’ quality of life, and lower costs." Read more at: shelterforce.org/2026/05/26/w...

What NYCHA’s Heat Pump Strategy Says About the Future of Green Affordable Housing — Shelterforce

NYCHA's installation of tens of thousands of green appliances shows how large-scale procurement could help lower the cost of green upgrades.

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Our new report on the impact of the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act and the Homes Act for New York State. 🧵 nyshousingsolution.com #HomesAct #GreenNewDeal4PublicHousing @urbandemos.bsky.social @actionlabny.bsky.social @cplusc.bsky.social