A Right to Housing?
$28.86
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2027
Summary
In the fight for housing, we are caught between the world we know and the world we want. This book is both a road map and a reckoning. Drawing on his own experience of on-the-ground organizing, Samuel Stein presents practical policies for enacting a right to shelter, a right to a home, and a right to the city itself.
With raw honesty, he then explores why these visions founder on the rocks of political reality. He reveals the forces blocking our path—from the power of real estate capi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836743262 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1836743262 |
| Author: | Samuel Stein |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2027 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 111mm x 178mm |
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Critics Review
It should come as a surprise to no one that the cost of housing has far outpaced growth in wages since 2000—it’s nothing short of an economic catastrophe for the idea of an American middle class. So, how can we unravel a tangled system that exists at local, state, and federal levels? Stein, a policy researcher and housing advocate writing in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s historic political victory, has some worthwhile ideas, both practical and aspirational. * Most Anticipated Books of 2026, Lit Hub *
What a pleasure to see inside the doubting mind of Samuel Stein as he grapples with the impossibility of our housing quagmire. If you too have the uncomfortable suspicion that solving housing might be hopeless: read this book * Amanda Huron, author of Carving out the Commons *
Samuel Stein
Samuel Stein is the author of the books A Right to Housing? and Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State. He works as a housing policy researcher and advocate in New York City. His writing on urban politics and planning has appeared in The New York Review of Books, n+1, The Guardian, and many other publications.
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