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Karen Kubey

@karenkubey.bsky.social
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Houser; editor, 'Housing as Intervention' @AD_books; Assistant Professor @UofTDaniels. Previous: Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Buenos Aires; ED @the_IPArch.

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Architecture and Housing Justice Lab @archhousinglab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today is World Architecture Day and the theme is "Housing is a Human Right. Build It." Check out videos from our "Architecture and the Right to Housing" programs in Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto! bit.ly/ArchHousingL... #wad2026
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Architecture and Housing Justice Lab @archhousinglab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today our director, @karenkubey.bsky.social, presents Architecture and Housing Justice Lab research in New York. www.acsa-arch.org/conference/2...
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Important new book by Katy Chey: Women in Housing Design History. Promo Code: 26AFLY3 www.routledge.com/Women-in-Hou...
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act would give some tenant & community groups pathways to bid early on certain buildings that go up for sale. Five years after it was introduced, it finally has support of the Council, city housing officials & the mayor. citylimits.org/is-it-finall...
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Is It Finally COPA's Year? - City Limits
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) finally has support of Council, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and the mayor.
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Architecture and Housing Justice Lab @archhousinglab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In Untapped, read highlights from our Architecture and the Right to Housing in Toronto Roundtable. The conversation bridges the legal right to housing, architectural approaches, and lived experience. bit.ly/ArchRTH_TO_U...
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Brian Goldstein has been working on this biography of the inimitable Max Bond for a decade. Pub date: 9/15. I can't wait to read it! Pre-order: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @bgoldst.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social #maxbondthelifeandworkofthepeoplesarchitect
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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The first review is in! "Destined to become the definitive account of an architect whose quiet influence has long exceeded his recognition." -Mark Gardner "Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People's Architect" out 9/15 @princetonupress.bsky.social! www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/183...
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A New Biography Chronicles the Life and Career of a Groundbreaking Black Architect and Advocate
Written by Brian D. Goldstein, the first-ever biography of Max Bond emphasizes his creativity, leadership, and determination to expand the possibilities of the profession.
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Our Public Lands & Waters @publiclandswaters.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The destruction of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park has begun. #bigbend #nationalparks #publiclands #protectpubliclands #bigbendnationalpark
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The Bulldozers Have Arrived in Big Bend National Park
Contractors are grading roads and surveying the Rio Grande corridor even as lawmakers, outfitters, and residents plead for basic answers about a $1.7 billion border barrier project
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Next City @nextcity.org · 22/07/2026
Op-ed: The new ROAD to Housing Act could take years to roll out federally, but here's where states can start making immediate progress on zoning, permitting, financing, and partnerships. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
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Washington May Take Years To Act on the New Housing Law. States Can Move Now.
Op-ed: The new ROAD to Housing Act could take years to roll out federally, but here's where states can start making immediate progress on zoning, permitting, financing, and partnerships.
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Architecture and Housing Justice Lab @archhousinglab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What does the right to housing mean in practice, and how can architects contribute? We convened leaders across the Americas to tackle these questions. Read the insights from our Los Angeles @citylab.bsky.social roundtable in @untappedjournal.bsky.social: bit.ly/ArchRTH_LA_U...
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Thursday’s vote marked the first rent freeze ever for two-year leases.
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Rent Freeze Approved By Mamdani-Era Board, Impacting 1 Million NYC Apartments
Thursday’s vote marked the first rent freeze ever for two-year leases.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Some NYC news: Mamdani just won his rent freeze--one of his biggest campaign promises!
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Can't wait to read A Right to Housing? by the brilliant Sam Stein! Coming this September @versobooks.bsky.social + available for pre-order now. www.versobooks.com/products/355...
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A Right to Housing?
In the fight for housing, we are caught between the world we know and the world we want. This book is both a road map and a reckoning. Drawing on his own experience of on-the-ground organizing, Samuel...
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Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It's incredible how much public housing can accomplish for tenants—and the climate. I'm thrilled to share our latest at @cplusc.bsky.social, "Greening Public Housing to Lower Costs, Make Homes Healthier, and Spur Market Transformation." stopgreedbuildgreen.climateandcommunity.org/posts/greeni...
Graph showing that new public housing heat pumps cut energy use by 87% and costs by 50%
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Headed to EDRA? Join our Spatial Justice panel and my presentation on the work of the Architecture and Housing Justice Lab, Thursday, May 28, 5pm. Environmental Design Research Association, #EDRA57 edra.confex.com/edra/EDRA57/... @archhousinglab.bsky.social
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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 22/05/2026
BREAKING: The Seattle Social Housing Developer has announced its first acquisition, a 150-unit apartment building near Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle, for the cost of $60.9 million. It plans to convert half the units to be affordable for low and middle-income tenants.
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For @archpaper.com I reviewed the Citygroup exhibition on prolific houser Herman Jessor. The show closes Saturday, May 23! "Our current dreams for architecture and housing justice pale in comparison to the reality that Jessor helped shape." bit.ly/JessorKubeyAN
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
On now, 12-2pm ET! My Daniels faculty students and I were honored to participate in this cross-Canada housing superstudio. Join us to see what we've been up to in the Great White North! ubc.zoom.us/j/6919300501...
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Thanks to the Local Learning Studio for featuring "Architecture and the Right to Housing" in their global projects gallery! We convened public keynote lectures & private workshops in Mexico City, Toronto, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, NY, & LA. bit.ly/ArchRTH_LLS2... @archhousinglab.bsky.social
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Join us tomorrow! 4/16, 12pm ET, online. I'll be in conversation with geographer and New Housing Alternatives Co-Director Susannah Bunce. Hosted by the Housing Commons Research Centre. lnkd.in/e7MG6Pjq @newhousingalt.bsky.social @housingcommonsca.bsky.social @susannahcb.bsky.social
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Office of the Federal Housing Advocate @housinglogement.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
➡️ Join the Advocate on April 14 at a webinar hosted by the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association where the authors @cwhitzman.bsky.social and Alexandra Flynn will discuss their work. Register here: chra-achru.ca/a-rights-bas... ---- (5/5)
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A Rights-Based Approach to the Next National Housing Strategy - Canadian Housing & Renewal Association
Home » Webinars » A Rights-Based Approach to the Next National Housing Strategy A Rights-Based Approach to the Next National Housing Strategy April 14,
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Join us, Thurs, 3/19 @geographers.bsky.social ! 10:10am: Design and Critical Spatial Practice 2: Ethnographies and Centering Human Experience Speakers: Cory Parker, Karen Kubey, Peter Zuroweste, Javier Arbona-Homer Organizers: Danika Cooper, Zannah Mae Matson, Brent Sturlaugson #AAG2026
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Excellent paper @ AAG critiquing the "abundance agenda." Beyond supply + regulation, the main issue in the housing crisis is a mismatch btwn *types* of housing stock + incomes. By M. Buchholz, T. F de Noronha, S. Bandarkar @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social CED #AAG2026
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
What a dream to collaborate with Untapped Editor-in-Chief Tiffany Jow on this piece. Stay tuned for transcript excerpts from "Architecture and the Right to Housing" roundtables in cities across the Americas. @archhousinglab.bsky.social bit.ly/Untapped_Arc...
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Untapped : The Right to Housing Is an Architectural Issue, Too : By Karen Kubey
Considering the right only as a legal and economic concern has failed, leaving billions of people around the world inadequately housed.
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Architecture and Housing Justice Lab @archhousinglab.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The Architecture and Housing Justice Lab is collaborating with Untapped to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on the right to housing. Learn more and join the conversation: bit.ly/Untapped_Arc...
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
For Architecture Writing Workshop, Nicholas Gilliland, Igo Kommers Wender, and I discussed "Living Apart, Together." Thanks to Sebastián López Cardozo and Mai Okimoto for the invitation! bit.ly/AWW_Kubey
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Living Apart, Together — AWW
Nicholas Gilliland, Igo Kommers Wender, and Karen Kubey Living Apart, Together_December 2025
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I have worked with Cea for years, and she is a champion of tenants, and a terror to abusive landlords. I am so excited to see her appointed to the Mamdani administration, along with the great civil rights lawyer Ramzi Kassem
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Welcome to A New Era, Cea Weaver!
Cea is joining as Director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. She’s been leading Housing Justice for All and the New York State Tenant Bloc, where she helped pass the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, landmark legislation that closed loopholes landlords used to raise rents and push apartments out of stabilization.

Now she’ll work with us to hold landlords accountable and ensure New York City tenants are living in safe, clean homes.Cea Weaver sitting at a table signing a paper, with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on the left and a white soccer jersey with Brooklyn written on it hanging on the right. Mimicking a sports team signing a major player graphic.

“Cea Weaver” written and signed in the top left and “Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants” written on the top right.
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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
All donations we receive today before 11:59pm will be matched! Help power another year of provocative writing on our built and natural environments. Donate to Places today and double your impact: placesjournal.org/donate/
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
This is a good idea
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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Our latest roundup of reviews of recent books about architecture, landscapes, and cities — for the readers and design-enthusiasts in your life!
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Bookshelf: Fall 2025 | Book Reviews in Places Journal
Brief reviews of recent books on civic budgeting, solar power, fossil capital, Black archives, the value of weeds, architecture and repair, and more.
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Fascinating--and counterintuitive--info on single-stair housing and fire safety.
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A massive honor to share research and teaching on architecture and the right to housing at the United Nations. 2025 CSU Flagship Conference: Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations ticketstripe.com/CSUFlagship2...
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Your pal Karen is speaking at the UN. Register by 11/12 for our 11/17 "Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations" program -- I'm in VERY good company! ticketstripe.com/CSUFlagship2...
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Register by November 12 for our November 17 "Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations" panel at the United Nations! Conference: 3-6pm; networking: 2-3pm ticketstripe.com/CSUFlagship2...
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Los Angeles, see you tonight! 5:30, UCLA
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Los Angeles! Come through -- Monday night at UCLA!
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Tonight! 6:30, The New School, NYC. New York friends -- don't miss this! bit.ly/ARCH_RTH_NY_...
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Architecture and Housing Justice Lab @archhousinglab.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
See you Thursday for “Architecture and the Right to Housing in New York!” Speakers: Deborah Gans, Samuel Stein, @karenkubey.bsky.social, Gabriela Rendón, & Miguel Robles-Durán October 9, 2025 6:30–8:30 p.m. New School University Center @thenewschool.bsky.social Register: bit.ly/ArchHousingL...
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Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Bang on stuff here, with some hard questions for designers and educators on what to do now
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The registration link is fixed! Looking forward to seeing you for "Architecture and the Right to Housing in New York" -- Thursday, October 9, 6:30 pm, NYC bit.ly/ARCH_RTH_NY_...
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ARCHITECTURE AND THE RIGHT TO HOUSING IN NYC - PARSONS HOUSING JUSTICE LAB
Thursday, October 9, 2025 / 6:30 – 8:30pm / Room UL 105 / The New School University Center
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Architecture and Housing Justice Lab @archhousinglab.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Join us for “Architecture and the Right to Housing in New York!” Speakers: Deborah Gans, Samuel Stein, @karenkubey.bsky.social, Gabriela Rendón, Miguel Robles-Durán Thursday, October 9, 2025 6:30–8:30 p.m. New School University Center (@thenewschool.bsky.social) Register: bit.ly/ArchHousingL...
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Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
There’s a huge opportunity here for green social housing. Even with these zoning changes, new construction faces headwinds, especially for lower-income residents. But the state is now opening space—literally—for the subsidized construction of beautiful, climate-friendly, mixed-income homes.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Early research in Illinois shows eliminating cash bail didn't increase crime. In fact, Chicago is having a big crime drop. It's difficult to attribute that drop to a single cause (crime data is messy!) But it is safe to say ending cash bail didn't lead to a spike. news.wttw.com/2024/09/18/i...
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It’s Been a Year Since Illinois Eliminated Cash Bail. Prosecutors, Researchers Examine the Impact
Illinois became the first state to eliminate cash bail exactly one year ago Wednesday. Supporters said the law is intended to address equity issues, while opponents feared a spike in crime. New resear...
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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
“Westbeth has the tenants of an artists loft, the ethos of a co-op, and the landlords of the projects.” Michael Casper reviews Peter Trachtenberg’s “The Twilight of Bohemia: Westbeth and the Last Artists of New York” in NYRA no. 46/47. nyra.nyc/articles/the...
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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
For @placesjournal.bsky.social I reviewed The Cites We Need by @gabriellebv.bsky.social ( @buscada.bsky.social ) This book sets a new bar for holistic urban research. As the author asks the reader, “What stories would you tell?” @mitpress.bsky.social bit.ly/Kubey_Places...
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Bookshelf: Summer 2025 | Book Reviews in Places Journal
A seasonal offering of brief reviews of recent books on architecture, landscapes, cities, and related subjects.
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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Our latest BOOKSHELF is out! This is a seasonal book review roundup feat. recent titles of interest to the Editors + contributing critics. Covered this summer: books on economic mutualism, enduring impact of women architects, libraries as loci of democracy, post-Soviet renovation practices & more.
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Bookshelf: Summer 2025 | Book Reviews in Places Journal
A seasonal offering of brief reviews of recent books on architecture, landscapes, cities, and related subjects.
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Architecture and Housing Justice Lab @archhousinglab.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🗓 Essa noite, 14 de agosto 🕑 18h30 📍 IAB-São Paulo Convide seus amigos e venha debater o futuro das cidades brasileiras! bit.ly/Arch_RTH_SP_...
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Architecture and Housing Justice Lab @archhousinglab.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🗓 Tonight, August 14 🕕 6:30 p.m. 📍 IAB-São Paulo Invite your friends and come be part of the debate about the future of Brazilian cities! bit.ly/Arch_RTH_SP_...
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
[trying to let it go, but I can’t let it go] IT’S NOT RENT CONTROL a tiny, tiny sliver of NYC’s housing stock is rent controlled, an old an nearly obsolete policy. Mamdani has said many times it’s rent stabilization, which is quite common (1M apts) and different. Cuomo should know this imho!
a chart from the 2023 census/HPD housing and vacancy survey showing only 24K apartments in NYC are rent controlled while 996K apartments are rent stabilized
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