Agenda for a New Economy: Does public housing have a future?

The federal government has destroyed tens of thousands of public housing units in the last decade and is considering a plan that would push more people into the private housing market with vouchers. Why have even liberals turned their back on building housing for the poor? And what are the results for the people who depend on the government for a place to live? You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's future of public housing? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Tiffany Gardner, the director of the Human Right to Housing Program at the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative

Ethel Long-Scott, executive director of the Women's Economic Agenda Project

Robbie Clark, organizer with Just Cause Oakland

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Your Call 012709 After Bush, what's left of HUD and federal housing?

After eight years of George W. Bush, what's left of HUD and federal housing? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Under the Bush Administration, HUD's budget was drastically scrapped, dozens of economic development projects were purged, and low-income housing programs were cut. So what should be done to fix HUD? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Danilo Pelletiere, research director of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, senior fellow at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University

John Bartlett, executive director of the Metropolitan Tenants Organization

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Your Call 061008 Commons Series - Public Spaces

What makes a great public space? And how can we create more of them? On the next Your Call, we'll continue with our series on the commons by taking a look at the evolution of public spaces, which allow social interaction between diverse groups of people. But gentrification, policing, and revitalized urban places are changing them. How have the public spaces around you transformed over time? And what do they mean to you? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Gray Brechin, project scholar and writer for the New Deal Legacy Project, which is documenting the physical legacy of the New Deal in California under the aegis of the California Historical Society.

Mona Caron, San Francisco based muralist

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Your Call 011708 What don’t we know about gang life?

What don’t we know about the realities of gang life? On the next Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with Sudhir Venkatesh, a Columbia University sociologist and author of Gang Leader for a Day. Venkatesh spent almost a decade hanging out with crack-selling gang members and struggling poor residents in one of Chicago’s most notorious public housing projects. How do gang members see themselves as fitting in with society? How do they fit into your community? And what will it take to break the cycle of poverty, drugs, and violence in places like Chicago's Projects? It’s Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Sudhir Venkatesh
Author of Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

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