{"product_id":"homes-for-living-isbn-9780807017807","title":"Homes for Living","description":"\u003cb\u003eA tale of 2 NYC affordable housing co-ops’ struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of American housing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe American Dream of homeownership is becoming an American Delusion. As renters seek an escape from record-breaking rent hikes, first-time buyers find that skyrocketing interest rates and historically low inventory leave them with scant options for an affordable place to live. With home valued more than ever as a commodity, even social housing programs meant to insulate families from cut-throat markets are under threat—sometimes by residents themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHomes for Living\u003c\/i\u003e, urban planner and oral historian Jonathan Tarleton introduces readers to 2 social housing co-ops in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Longtime residents of St. James Towers and Southbridge Towers lock horns over whether to maintain the rules that have kept their homes affordable for decades or to cash out at great personal profit, thereby denying future generations the same opportunity to build thriving communities rooted in mutual care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a deft hand for mapping personal histories atop the greater housing crisis, Tarleton explores housing as a public good, movements for tenant rights and Indigenous sovereignty, and questions of race and class to lay bare competing visions of what ownership means, what homes are for, and what neighbors owe each other.A NOTE ON PROCESS\u003cbr\u003eTHE NARRATORS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: THE PUBLIC, THE GOODS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eA House Divided\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 1\u003cbr\u003eSocial Homes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 2\u003cbr\u003eLiving Cooperation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: SOUTHBRIDGE TOWERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 3\u003cbr\u003eLet’s Explore Our Options\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 4\u003cbr\u003eAn Offering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 5\u003cbr\u003eA Right to Profit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: ST. JAMES TOWERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 6\u003cbr\u003eA Piece of the Rock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 7\u003cbr\u003eKeeping the Faith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 8\u003cbr\u003eA Responsibility to Steward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV: COMMONWEALTH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 9\u003cbr\u003eLand and Trust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 10\u003cbr\u003eAbundance and Return\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 11\u003cbr\u003ePower and Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEPILOGUE\u003cbr\u003eAfter Cooperation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS\u003cbr\u003eNOTES“[A] captivating debut study . . . [A] colorful, drama-filled narrative.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There can be no racial justice without housing justice. . . . \u003ci\u003eHomes for Living\u003c\/i\u003e prompts us to learn from a fast-fading history of New Yorkers who once redefined property ownership to foster greater social solidarity.”\u003cbr\u003e—Heather McGhee, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wild roller-coaster ride through two New York City co-ops deciding something all of us are deciding all the time: how to weigh individual versus collective benefit, the private versus the public good. Jonathan Tarleton unpacks this drama with both vivid detail and brilliant context.”\u003cbr\u003e—Rebecca Solnit, author of \u003ci\u003eHope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An engrossing feat of reporting . . . The protagonists of \u003ci\u003eHomes for Living\u003c\/i\u003e are engaged in nothing less than a contest of two opposing visions of the American Dream, and everyone who wants to understand the challenges of creating affordable housing in this country needs to read their story.”\u003cbr\u003e—Henry Grabar, author of \u003ci\u003ePaved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A masterwork of urban analysis and storytelling . . . A must-read for every citizen and policymaker who understands, as we all must, that what befalls our cities befalls us all.”\u003cbr\u003e—Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, author of \u003ci\u003eNames of New York: Discovering the City’s Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Around the country, residents are rising up and fighting for social housing. With \u003ci\u003eHomes for Living\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Tarleton deepens our understanding of what that struggle entails: what it takes to win, and how to defend against the pull of privatization.”\u003cbr\u003e—Samuel Stein, author of \u003ci\u003eCapital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Tarleton\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, an urban planner, and an oral historian. He previously served as the chief researcher on \u003ci\u003eNonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e and as the editor in chief of the online magazine \u003ci\u003eUrban Omnibus\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Jacobin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHell Gate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDirt, \u003c\/i\u003eand beyond\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300919693541,"sku":"NP9780807017807","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807017807.jpg?v=1767729179","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/homes-for-living-isbn-9780807017807","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}