Housing is a human right, or so says the International Declaration of Human Rights. But could we organize our economies with that in mind? Across the country, communities have land and properties and people who need homes. What’s stopping us bringing them together in a way that increases community wealth and wellbeing for everyone? That’s the question we explore in this episode of our special series on community wealth building, produced in collaboration with the radio and tv show, Laura Flanders & Friends. Featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Writer; Saoirse Gowan, Policy Associate with the Democracy Collaborative; Noni D. Session, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative.
This episode is part 1 of a 4-part series exploring how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing their assets, anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people – from land to money and finance. Explore the full series here.
Resources
Democracy Collaborative
East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative
Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas | Bioneers Reader
Guest Host
Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends, which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Media Center.
Credits
This series is co-produced by Bioneers and Laura Flanders & Friends
Laura Flanders & Friends Producers: Laura Flanders and Abigail Handel
Production Assistance: Jeannie Hopper and David Neumann
Bioneers Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel
Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch
Producer: Teo Grossman
Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey
Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris
Commodity or Human Right? How Community Wealth Building Can Address the Housing Crisis | Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
