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Topic Specific Readings:
NYCHA & NextGeneration
- “The Promise and Peril of HUD’s RAD Program.” Shelterforce (blog), July 30, 2018. https://shelterforce.org/2018/07/30/the-promise-and-peril-of-huds-rad-program/.
- NOTE: We disagree with the main point of this article – that the answer to the issues with RAD is more oversight by HUD. We are anti-RAD through-and-through. However, this article offers a good overview of what RAD is and how it has effected residents.
Sunnyside Yards
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Sharpe, Emily. “Opinion: Imagine the Disruptive Impact of Sunnyside Yards.” Queens Daily Eagle, September 12, 2019. https://queenseagle.com/all/imagine-the-disruptive-impact-of-sunnyside-yards.
- Ludovici, Derek. “The Dark Side of Sunnyside Yard.” Indypendent, June 5, 2019. https://indypendent.org/2019/06/the-dark-side-of-sunnyside-yard/.
Community Land Trusts
- Miranova, Oksana. “How Community Land Trusts Can Help Address the Affordable Housing Crisis.” Jacobin, July 2019. https://jacobinmag.com/2019/07/community-land-trusts-affordable-housing.
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Williams, Olivia R. “The Problem With Community Land Trusts.” Jacobin, July 2019. https://jacobinmag.com/2019/07/community-land-trusts-clts-problems.
