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Writer & city planner | HOMES FOR LIVING out 2.11.25

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Institute for Public Knowledge @ipk.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Join the IPK on Thursday, May 1st (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with @jonathantarleton.bsky.social. He will discuss his book Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons, with @professorsophie.bsky.social and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
No doubts about it. HOMES FOR LIVING solidly comes down on the side that housing is a universal right. You’ll also see that Tarleton argues that capitalism, aka the free market, is incapable of insuring that everyone has basic shelter. #HousingCrisis
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DELVING IN: Jonathan Tarleton and the Case for Government Supported Housing
Stuart Kelter interviews J onathan Tarleton , a writer, urban planner, and oral historian. He previously served as the chief researcher for  Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas, as editor in...
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CU4MitchellLama @cu4mitchelllama.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Great interview on NY1 with @jonathantarleton.bsky.social ! ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
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Author explores NYC’s housing crisis through residents’ stories
Watch the interview here.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
At the end of the day, @jonathantarleton.bsky.social says even pro-privatization homeowners are victims missing out on affordable housing. The American Dream narrative convinced them that they are not true homeowners. @newyorker.com
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What Do We Buy Into When We Buy a Home?
Homeownership, long a cherished American ideal, has become the subject of black comedies, midlife-crisis novels, and unintentionally dystopic reality TV.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
“Residents who strongly believed in preserving social housing as a public good would often stay away from making arguments that had any moral or ethical dimension because they would quickly be branded as ideological by their peers.” — @jonathantarleton.bsky.social
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Home Valuation - Urban Omnibus
New stories from Mitchell-Lama co-ops and the LA Tenants Union narrate the housing crisis as a struggle for control, and over the true meaning of a home.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
@jonathantarleton.bsky.social loves books about housing, but they are too often about units or buildings rather than the dynamics of the people who live in them. He brings the people to fore in his own book, HOMES FOR LIVING. #AffordableHousing
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DELVING IN: Jonathan Tarleton and the Case for Government Supported Housing
Stuart Kelter interviews J onathan Tarleton , a writer, urban planner, and oral historian. He previously served as the chief researcher for  Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas, as editor in...
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Residents who opt for privatization, like those who lived in the Mitchell-Lama program, fall under the spell of something other than money. As @jonathantarleton.bsky.social explains in HOMES FOR LIVING, ownership comes with a vision of boundless possibility.
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What Do We Buy Into When We Buy a Home?
Homeownership, long a cherished American ideal, has become the subject of black comedies, midlife-crisis novels, and unintentionally dystopic reality TV.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
“Rigor doesn’t equal perfection, so turn every page—or don’t. Get used to missing something.” — @jonathantarleton.bsky.social #WritersProcess @literaryhub.bsky.social
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Jonathan Tarleton on the Limits of Research—and Making Peace with What You Don’t Know
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I find particular satisfaction in observing how the works I’m reading weave their way into my words. While writing my book…
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
People intent on privatizing housing co-ops often believe that ownership is only real when you can profit from what you own. This is a common notion felt in the US. @jonathantarleton.bsky.social says that’s not the only option. #AffordableHousing
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Home Valuation - Urban Omnibus
New stories from Mitchell-Lama co-ops and the LA Tenants Union narrate the housing crisis as a struggle for control, and over the true meaning of a home.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
How people relate to their homes is a key ingredient to understanding how to make sure #AffordableHousing is preserved for the next generation. @jonathantarleton.bsky.social
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DELVING IN: Jonathan Tarleton and the Case for Government Supported Housing
Stuart Kelter interviews J onathan Tarleton , a writer, urban planner, and oral historian. He previously served as the chief researcher for  Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas, as editor in...
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
It’s always fascinating to learn what makes the page and what doesn’t. @jonathantarleton.bsky.social gives us a #BehindTheScenes look at writing his book HOMES FOR LIVING. @literaryhub.bsky.social
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Jonathan Tarleton on the Limits of Research—and Making Peace with What You Don’t Know
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I find particular satisfaction in observing how the works I’m reading weave their way into my words. While writing my book…
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Urban Omnibus @urbanomnibus.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
urbanomnibus.net/2025/03/home... New feature release! “Home Valuation” @city.bsky.social and @jonathantarleton.bsky.social discuss new stories from Mitchell-Lama co-ops and the LA Tenants Union narrate the housing crisis as a struggle for control, and over the true meaning of a home.
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Home Valuation - Urban Omnibus
New stories from Mitchell-Lama co-ops and the LA Tenants Union narrate the housing crisis as a struggle for control, and over the true meaning of a home.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
If you lived in an #AffordableHousing co-op like the Mitchell-Lama in NYC, would you take the opportunity to “go private” and sell your home at market rate? @jonathantarleton.bsky.social
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What Do We Buy Into When We Buy a Home?
Homeownership, long a cherished American ideal, has become the subject of black comedies, midlife-crisis novels, and unintentionally dystopic reality TV.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
US homes are at the center of a struggle between ideologies of ownership and self-sufficiency and visions of collective stewardship of a common resource. How can we keep housing a public good and a human right? @jonathantarleton.bsky.social @city.bsky.social
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Home Valuation - Urban Omnibus
New stories from Mitchell-Lama co-ops and the LA Tenants Union narrate the housing crisis as a struggle for control, and over the true meaning of a home.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The way @jonathantarleton.bsky.social sees the future of US housing, decoupling homes from profit is the path toward great investment in our common wellbeing. #HomesForLiving @annehelen.bsky.social buff.ly/Upwl6xp
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
“We do not have to be creating things from scratch to institute social housing today. What we need to do is fund and maintain them. It’s not impossible to do this in America.” — @jonathantarleton.bsky.social #AffordableHousing buff.ly/4k7wrcZ
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Achieving perfection in writing through rigor is ideal. But it’s not always useful to approach a writing project with the baggage of perfectionism. @jonathantarleton.bsky.social @literaryhub.bsky.social
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Jonathan Tarleton on the Limits of Research—and Making Peace with What You Don’t Know
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I find particular satisfaction in observing how the works I’m reading weave their way into my words. While writing my book…
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Kayla Giordano @kaylagiordano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I took a quick ride on the Northeast Regional into Boston this morning to attend a discussion on a new book by @jonathantarleton.bsky.social on social housing. Great to be in community with so many folks interested in models of #housing decommodification!
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gayatripat.bsky.social @gayatripat.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Earlier today @newyorker.com posted an extensive piece on housing, and it's so great to see that @beaconpress.bsky.social author @jonathantarleton.bsky.social's HOMES FOR LIVING is referenced and quoted throughout! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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What Do We Buy Into When We Buy a Home?
Homeownership, long a cherished American ideal, has become the subject of black comedies, midlife-crisis novels, and unintentionally dystopic reality TV.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
As the housing crisis deepens, more people are looking for solutions and finding social-housing models that flourish. That’s why the Mitchell-Lama co-ops in NYC are a big deal. #AffordableHousing @jonathantarleton.bsky.social buff.ly/4k7wrcZ
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
“Rigor doesn’t equal perfection.” @jonathantarleton.bsky.social on research (and why sometimes, it’s okay not to know).
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Jonathan Tarleton on the Limits of Research—and Making Peace with What You Don’t Know
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I find particular satisfaction in observing how the works I’m reading weave their way into my words. While writing my book…
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gayatripat.bsky.social @gayatripat.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
"Rigor doesn’t equal perfection, so turn every page—or don’t. Get used to missing something." @beaconpress.bsky.social author @jonathantarleton.bsky.social talks about his writing process for HOMES FOR LIVING & limits of research in this @literaryhub.bsky.social piece. lithub.com/jonathan-tar...
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Jonathan Tarleton on the Limits of Research—and Making Peace with What You Don’t Know
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I find particular satisfaction in observing how the works I’m reading weave their way into my words. While writing my book…
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Commodification/privatization is often *intended* as a way to allow people to retire “comfortably” but results in a building with accumulated maintenance that forces long-time residents to flee. @jonathantarleton.bsky.social gets into it with @annehelen.bsky.social.
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Homes for Living!
How do you make housing that's *permanently* affordable?
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
A safe, stable, affordable home is a gift, just as land and life are. As @jonathantarleton.bsky.social emphasizes in HOMES FOR LIVING, residents’ fulfillment of their responsibility to steward that gift is what makes their ownership real. #AffordableHousing
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Housing: For Profit or Public Good?
Two New York City housing co-ops debated whether to privatize. Only one chose profit over public good.
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John Surico @johnsurico.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Some words on the social dividends of congestion pricing, a Q&A with @jonathantarleton.bsky.social on his new book, a tribute to Donald Shoup, and lots o' bollards, in the latest edition of Streetbeat. (Plus a new voiceover! Open to any/all feedback.) streetbeat.substack.com/p/streetbeat...
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Streetbeat, Vol. LXI
How can public spaces be both safe and vibrant?
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Homes don’t have to be profit centers. What happens when we stop treating them that way? We get co-ops, which @jonathantarleton.bsky.social writes about in HOMES FOR LIVING. @annehelen.bsky.social
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Homes for Living!
How do you make housing that's *permanently* affordable?
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Remember when Timothée Chalamet gave a shout-out to Manhattan Plaza on Theo Von’s podcast? @jonathantarleton.bsky.social gets at the heart of the privatizing debate surrounding the affordable-housing program in HOMES FOR LIVING.
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First Came a Vote to Privatize. Then Came the Death Threats.
Two Mitchell-Lama co-ops faced the same existential decision but ended up on opposite sides. Why?
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gayatripat.bsky.social @gayatripat.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
HOMES FOR LIVING author @jonathantarleton.bsky.social was recently interviewed for @annehelen.bsky.social's Culture Study substack and already it's generated great discussion. @beaconpress.bsky.social annehelen.substack.com/p/homes-for-...
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Homes for Living!
How do you make housing that's *permanently* affordable?
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Structuring housing as a limited-equity co-op is a defense of home. It’s what the Mitchell-Lama program did to shelter middle-income folks—different from the exclusive suburbs supercharged by government-backed mortgages. @jonathantarleton.bsky.social
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Housing: For Profit or Public Good?
Two New York City housing co-ops debated whether to privatize. Only one chose profit over public good.
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CU4MitchellLama @cu4mitchelllama.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
@jonathantarleton.bsky.social @nymag.com www.curbed.com/article/mitc...
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First Came a Vote to Privatize. Then Came the Death Threats.
Two Mitchell-Lama co-ops faced the same existential decision but ended up on opposite sides. Why?
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CU4MitchellLama @cu4mitchelllama.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Homes For Living: The Fight For Social Housing and A New American Commons by @jonathantarleton.bsky.social is an excellent read for anyone who wants to know more about New York State's deeply affordable Mitchell-Lama cooperative program and the serious threats that face this unique housing option.
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People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com · 22/02/2025
This Saturday at 2pm! “Around the country, residents are rising up & fighting for social housing... Jonathan Tarleton deepens our understanding of what that struggle entails: what it takes to win, & how to defend against the pull of privatization.” -Samuel Stein
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gayatripat.bsky.social @gayatripat.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
YES! Magazine ran a great excerpt from @beaconpress.bsky.social author @jonathantarleton.bsky.social's latest book HOMES FOR LIVING. On sale now! www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2025...
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Housing: For Profit or Public Good?
Two New York City housing co-ops debated whether to privatize. Only one chose profit over public good.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
2 NYC housing co-ops debated whether to privatize. Only one chose profit over public good. Guess which one. @jonathantarleton.bsky.social
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Housing: For Profit or Public Good?
Two New York City housing co-ops debated whether to privatize. Only one chose profit over public good.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 14/02/2025
A lot of people are talking these days about a "Mitchell-Lama 2.0." Want to learn more about Mitchell-Lama? Read this excerpt from @jonathantarleton.bsky.social's new book "Homes for Living," on the battle over the privatization of Southbridge Towers in the 2010s: hellgatenyc.com/excerpt-home...
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How the Dream of Mitchell-Lama Died at Southbridge Towers
In this excerpt from Jonathan Tarleton's new book "Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons," we drop into the battle over the privatization of the Lower Manhattan dev...
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy #BookBDay, @jonathantarleton.bsky.social! 🏘️ HOMES FOR LIVING, a tale of 2 NYC affordable housing co-ops’ struggle over privatization, public goods & the future of US housing, is “a new classic of American urban & oral history.”—Heather McGhee, author of THE SUM OF US buff.ly/4gAzS9a
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People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com · 02/02/2025
The event calendar at People's Book this month is packed!! We're so honored to host these amazing authors - rsvp to events at the link in bio. Hope to see ya there!
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Tick-tock! Tick-tock! T minus 1 month until HOMES FOR LIVING, @jonathantarleton.bsky.social’s “captivating debut study,” is out in the world!
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Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons by Jonathan Tarleton
In this captivating debut study, urban planner Tarleton explores the tensions that emerge when owners of New York City cooperati...
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
🚨1 DAY LEFT!🚨 @jonathantarleton.bsky.social’s HOMES FOR LIVING is the tale of 2 housing co-ops’ struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of US housing. Enter our Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win a copy!
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Book giveaway for Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons by Jonathan Tarleton Dec 11-Jan 10, 2025
Enter to win one of 25 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Dec 11-Jan 10, 2025. Enter for a chance to win 1 of 25 first edition copies of Homes fo...
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
HOMES FOR LIVING by @jonathantarleton.bsky.social is “a damning vision of an America with once great social ideals slipping into an era of narrow self-interest,” and it’s coming out next month! Watch this space on February 11! 👀
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Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons by Jonathan Tarleton
In this captivating debut study, urban planner Tarleton explores the tensions that emerge when owners of New York City cooperati...
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