Peter HarrisonOur response to COVID-19 can’t be the same as 9/11 and The Great Recession (1 of 3)Writer’s Note: Now that I’m stuck inside for the foreseeable future, I am going to take some time to do what I love most: write nerdy…Mar 15, 2020Mar 15, 2020
Peter HarrisonPublic Housing Green New Deal Act StatementStatement on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders’s Public Housing Green New Deal Act:Nov 14, 2019Nov 14, 2019
Peter HarrisonI’m a housing activist running for Congress because having a home must be a right in AmericaRight now in New York City, there are 100,000 empty homes and 60,000 homeless New Yorkers. One home in Midtown Manhattan (not far from…Aug 14, 2019Aug 14, 2019
Peter HarrisonDemolishing NYCHA to Save It Won’t Work. Let’s Try Funding it.Last week, the de Blasio administration floated a plan to demolish 2 of the 11 buildings that make up Fulton Houses, a NYCHA development…Apr 30, 20191Apr 30, 20191
Peter Harrison‘Good Cause’ is the great cause of market-rate renters in 2019 — so let’s get it passedOn June 15th, rent regulation laws are once again set to expire in New York, potentially impacting millions of renters. This happens every…Mar 18, 2019Mar 18, 2019
Peter HarrisonThe Green New Deal needs a theory on cities, fastLast week, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey introduced a resolution outlining the broad ambition of the Green New Deal. It’s a…Feb 18, 20192Feb 18, 20192
Peter HarrisonReport Confirms Obvious: Rent Control WorksNow that the new legislative session has opened in Albany, the Housing Justice for All campaign has ratcheted up its fight for Universal…Jan 17, 2019Jan 17, 2019
Peter HarrisonProgressive Housing Priorities for 2019: Go Big or Go HomeFor many housing activists in New York, 2018 felt like the beginning of something big. The relentless scale of the affordable housing…Jan 3, 2019Jan 3, 2019
Peter HarrisonThe Mayor’s Plan to Fix NYCHA Will Nix Public Housing (But Don’t Blame Him)Yesterday Mayor de Blasio announced an updated plan to fix the crumbling public housing stock in NYC before it falls into federal…Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2018
Peter Harrison5 Reasons to Support Universal Rent Control and the Candidates that Want itElection Day is here and, depending on your perspective and persuasion, our country will be saved or doomed. Maybe both, maybe neither. On…Nov 6, 2018Nov 6, 2018