Opportunities and Challenges for Housing Decommodification

A housing system that leaves millions of families homeless or housing insecure is an inevitable consequence of treating housing as a commodity. Advocates are increasingly calling for decommodifying housing, such as by investing in public and social housing and supporting community- and tenant-owned models, to ensure that safe, affordable housing is available to all who need it. But decommodified housing composes less than 1 percent of the US housing stock, and many questions remain about how we can substantively increase the stock of decommodified housing.

Join the Urban Institute for a discussion about the links between decommodification and housing justice, and hear from practitioners and advocates on opportunities to accelerate the decommodification of housing in the US.