In Defense of Housing

Urban Salon hosts this seminar featuring David Madden (LSE), Peter Marcuse (Columbia University), Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia (Lancaster University), Suzanne Hall (LSE), Dr Paul Watt (Birkbeck) and Hyun Bang Shin (LSE).

Housing is one of the most pressing urban issues of our time. In this event marking the publication of their book In Defense of Housing (Verso, 2016), Peter Marcuse and David Madden explore the causes and consequences of the housing problem and detail the need for progressive alternatives. They argue that the housing crisis has deep political, social, and economic roots and will not be solved by minor policy shifts. As a critical response, they explore the potential of a radical right to housing.

Participants:

• David Madden (speaker) is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and the Cities Programme at the LSE.
• Peter Marcuse (speaker - joining via Skype) is Professor of Urban Planning at Columbia University.
• Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia (discussant) is Lecturer in Urban Futures at Lancaster University.
• Suzanne Hall (discussant) is an urban ethnographer and Director of the LSE Cities programme.
• Paul Watt (discussant) is Reader in Urban Studies at Birkbeck, University of London.
• Hyun Bang Shin (chair) is Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at the LSE and an organising member of the Urban Salon.

This edition of the Urban Salon is supported by the LSE Department of Geography and Environment and LSE Department of Geography.

Further links:

• Urban Salon website
• In Defense of Housing on Verso Books website