Pop-Ed Materials
A collection of popular education materials prepared by students of the 2020 UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Community Collaborative Program aimed at building critical consciousness and power within communities, particularly across Los Angeles County, most impacted by structural racism and classism in the United States and its manifestations in segregation, land privatization, and gentrification. Read more about the background to these pop-ed materials in the study De-Commodifying Housing During COVID-19 here.
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The World We Want to Live in
Housing — and the land that it sits on — can exist as more than just a product that can be purchased, speculated upon, and sold, often for the benefit of the wealthy few and at the expense of those who depend on these spaces as a home. This visual illustrates what is possible when we imagine and fight for alternatives to the realities forced upon us by a capitalist and oppressive system. Illustrated by Cynthia Cheng.
Available in English, Spanish, and Chinese. -
Housing Commodification Timeline
How did we arrive at the housing crisis we are in today, one in which rents are soaring, evictions are constant, and historically and culturally working-class neighborhoods are being gentrified?
Available in English, Spanish, and Chinese. -
2008 Financial and Housing Crisis
In this visual, you will see a clear example of Disaster Capitalism. After millions of people lost their jobs and their homes in the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis, investors like Blackstone, now Starwood Colony, bought thousands of homes and become one of the country's biggest landlords. Illustrated by Cynthia Cheng.
Available in English, Spanish, and Chinese.