Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchDaniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Fighting heat islands can be beautiful. Here's a street in Granada, Spain. Zohran should do stuff like this all over NYC. 1017637
Reposted by Ruthy Gourevitchzach lou @zlousky.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I wrote this piece because a lot of people who work on building decarb think that we'll be able to rapidly transition without confronting housing speculation and profit-driven landlords. There is no just transition without building tenant power. 021
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Check out @cplusc.bsky.social’s new Working Class Climate Agenda at stopgreedbuildgreen.org and listen to @mayorofseattle.bsky.social on why it’s a political winner!stopgreedbuildgreen.orgStop Greed, Build Green | Climate and Community InstituteA new framework to put the working class in charge of climate and economic transformation. 043
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchLPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Today, @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social and Jacob Udell explain why landlords nationwide are scrambling to repay their investors, and why confronting this growing financial distress is the first step toward solving our national housing nightmare.lpeproject.orgLandlord Distress Isn’t Our Fault, But It Is Our ProblemUnable to realize enough profit from their portfolios to repay their investors, landlords are turning the screws on tenants in the form of rising rents and declining conditions. 12012
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Affordable homes, climate investments, and good jobs don't have to be pitted against each other. In fact, in NYC @mayor.nyc.gov has a a huge opportunity to advance all three together, and local examples to build off. Me and @batul.bsky.social wrote how in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social 0267
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/03/2026A deeply underreported story. I know so many people struggling to pay their electric bills 271017333
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I have a new piece out today in Phenomenal World, on the economics of a freeze in NYC regulated rents. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft... 615245
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 19/11/2025The hallways of apartment buildings have become a new front in the climate fight. Read more in my new piece w/ @taraghuveer.bsky.social in @forgeorganizing.bsky.social forgeorganizing.org/article/as-c...forgeorganizing.orgAs Climate Collapse Inches Closer, The Tenant Union Is The Best Chance We’ve Got - The ForgeThe hallways of apartment buildings have become a new front in the climate fight, where tenant unions are battling for survival against the twin threats of negligent landlords and rising heat. 1127
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 13/11/2025New research out today with my colleague Jacob Udell on financial distress in the multifamily market. We focus on the impact on tenants, who have little say over their landlords’ financial decisions but bear the brunt of the consequences of this escalating crisis. Check it out! 12010
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 13/11/2025This is far worse than anyone expected. Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps. All as mass internment camps are being built.nytimes.comTrump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants 6927041577
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 29/10/2025Think federal government housing aid is focused on low-income families & largely funded by the Department of Housing & Urban Development? Think again. In new work @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, we provide a comprehensive account of the US government's many housing supports, which go far beyond HUD 🏘️urban.orgHow Does the Federal Government Support Housing?The federal government supports the US housing market through dozens of initiatives administered by several agencies—in total, spending hundreds of billions … 45522
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchClimate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 02/10/2025As insurance prices balloon & companies refuse renewals, state “insurers of last resort” (FAIR plans) are often the only coverage option left for many homeowners. Our new report explains how they often prioritize cost savings for companies, not affordability for families. 22110
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Check out @cplusc.bsky.social ’s new research on insurers of last resort and follow the brilliant @ipenaranda.bsky.social for more! 010
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchTara Raghuveer @taraghuveer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025In the last six weeks, the Tenant Union Federation launched seven (7) majority tenant unions, across five (5) states, representing 1000 units of housing owned by Capital Realty Group, a New York-based corporate landlord. The first portfolio organizing of its kind... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comTenants Seek to Unionize One Private Equity Firm's Entire Housing PortfolioBy organizing renters across Capital Realty Group’s affordable housing complexes, the Tenant Union Federation hopes to bring sectoral bargaining to negotiations with large landlords. 211449
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Excellent read by @rebeccaburns.bsky.social , from the history of union pension investments to the growing number of union members “calling for investment in social goods, like green energy and affordable housing.” 0103
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Applications are due next Sunday October 5th for the @cplusc.bsky.social Housing Policy Manager role, spread the word! 033
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchJulia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Many American politicians are learning from Vienna, which is combatting housing scarcity+climate change-- all at the same time. This group from Portland is another example. To go on a podcast jaunt and read more about Vienna's green social housing, check out our feature from June on @npr.org 📻🎧🌍npr.orgCould this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing. 38625
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchPatrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 09/09/2025.@cplusc.bsky.social is hiring! We're looking for a Housing & Communities Policy Manager who brings expertise in greening the housing stock and industrial policy for climate-safe homes. Lots more info on the webpage, but we're 100% remote and treat our people well. Apply by October 5!climateandcommunity.orgWork With Us - Climate and Community InstituteJob opportunities at the Climate and Community Institute 053
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchThea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 08/09/2025EXTRACTION is hitting the road this fall. Thrilled to be in conversation with @dharna.bsky.social @bentarnoff.com @dwallacewells.bsky.social @earthworks.bsky.social and others. Stay tuned for more events in the winter and spring! @wwnorton.com 34116
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2025‼️ Join my team ‼️ @cplusc.bsky.social is hiring a Housing Policy Manager to help advance progressive housing and climate solutions alongside some of the best tenant unions, labor unions, policymakers, and researchers in the field. Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/climateandcommunity.orgWork With Us - Climate and Community InstituteJob opportunities at the Climate and Community Institute 12820
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchMoira Birss @moira.bsky.social · 29/08/2025The idea that insurance premiums are a good way to mitigate climate risk to housing is a common misconception that, unfortunately, can obscure real solutions to the risks of climate change and perpetuate existing inequities. Why is that? Well... 1/8 610242
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Tenant organizers have been saysing for a long while that most homeowners should cast their lot with renters, for this reason. 323151
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 06/08/2025The climate crisis is a catastrophe we cannot afford to ignore, means-test, or isolate as an “add-on” to other problems. Workers and tenants across the country understand that, and are advancing green economic populism at home and at work. So fun to get to dig into it w/ @batul.bsky.social. 13510
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchClimate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Are you going to Netroots? Join us TOMORROW, 3:45-4:45 PM for “Building Green Economic Populism,” moderated by @maryannaise.bsky.social with PA State Sen. @nikilsaval.bsky.social, @ctulocal1.bsky.social's Stacy Davis Gates, Tenant Union Federation's Tara Raghuveer, and CCI's @jbozuwa.bsky.social 143
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchBright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 05/08/2025Labor and tenant unions can not only win climate objectives as well as economic ones but also build their bases through them. Chicago's @ctulocal1.bsky.social and Southside Together show us how, as recounted in this piece by @cplusc.bsky.social's @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social and @batul.bsky.social. 1144
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Lots of good housing writing out this week! 🔥 @taraghuveer.bsky.social on tenants organizing for Zohran Mamdani for @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social: bit.ly/3J0TmZn 🔥 @sonalj.bsky.social on greening public housing for @cplusc.bsky.social: bit.ly/3H29skY 🔥 PolicyLink on rent control: bit.ly/4o6NLB2shorturl.atHow New York’s Tenants Won | Tara RaghuveerThe night before the New York City municipal primary, the air was sticky with heat and Ferdousi Begum was too tense to sleep. For the past six months, 021
Reposted by Ruthy Gourevitch👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 24/07/2025Holy-Shit-grade new whitepaper just dropped from @cplusc.bsky.social. Download this. Use this. It is so good. I do not work there, I just think it is neat!climateandcommunity.org 312324
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Some wild stats we found during research: 1️⃣ 45M rental units need substantial repairs 2️⃣ we need to 2x housing construction + 30x retrofits pace to reach CO2 reduction goals & supply needs 3️⃣ Construction labor is on decline. 500k construction job openings expected in 2025 We need a new approach! 24718
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchDaniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I'm thrilled to share my latest essay, We Need a Green Industrial Policy for Housing. We need abundant green housing security. This is how we get it. Written w the brilliant Julia Wagner & @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social. Short 🧵 climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/we-need-a-...climatecommunityinstitute.substack.comWe Need a Green Industrial Policy for HousingBy Daniel Aldana Cohen, Julia Wagner, and Ruthy Gourevitch 15315
Reposted by Ruthy Gourevitchzach lou @zlousky.bsky.social · 09/07/2025A green social housing agenda could drive innovative manufacturing for all of the green home technologies we'll need for healthy + decarbonized homes. Not just a dream - real examples from NYCHA & Vienna. Great piece by @aldasky.bsky.social, @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social, and @cplusc.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Zohranomics is an effective form of antifascist economic policy. The crisis of economic security that comes with basic questions of dignity & identity is being used by the far right. An agenda laser-focussed on the needs of ordinary people is the way out.newyorker.comThe Case for ZohranomicsAs some Wall Street billionaires melt down over Zohran Mamdani’s policy platform, a prominent progressive economist argues that it meets the moment. 2260101
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 30/06/2025It's also a good way to survive a climate disaster 150174
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchThe Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Nearly half of Vienna's population lives in public housing. Our hidden gem of the week examines how the city's social housing offers a compelling counter-narrative to the neoliberal housing crisis. By @aldasky.bsky.social, @ruthygourevitch.bsky at @cplusc.bsky.social buff.ly/EJ9WRO2 03815
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Multifamily construction is 🆙 but low-rent units are dwindling. We're losing low-rent units faster than we're building. And new units are expensive Rent regulations are often pitted against supply. But as US hemorrhages affordable homes, rent regs are actually a path to *preserve* affordable supply 04011
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchHarvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · 24/06/2025US home prices have greatly outpaced incomes: in 2024, the price-to-income ratio hit 5, well above the ratio of 3 that has traditionally been considered affordable. As prices rose, existing home sales dropped to a 30-year low. New report out today: www.jchs.harvard.edu/state-nation... 03722
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 24/06/2025In NY, homeowners are 2x as likely to vote as tenants. Unless there are pro-tenant policies on the ballot, that is, like a rent freeze. In the mayoral race @tenantbloc.bsky.social tried to awaken the untapped potential of tenants as a political bloc. Read @thomasbirm.bsky.social on this strategy ⬇️inthesetimes.comWill NYC's Long-Suffering Tenants Carry Zohran Mamdani to Victory?A close look inside the campaign that has helped turn New York City renters into a force to be reckoned with. 1169
Reposted by Ruthy Gourevitchbatul.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The Mamdani campaign offers a blueprint for the climate left: the path to full decarbonization must run through working class demands for affordability and quality-of-life jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...jacobin.comZohran Mamdani Is Proposing Green Abundance for the ManyThe New York City mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani is focused on lowering the cost of living. It can serve as a blueprint for progressives seeking to embed climate action in real improvements for wo... 037289
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchDaniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Imagine being Hasret Icsen. You pay $1,015/month for a 3-bedroom apartment in a green, mixed-income building full of amenities. When you touch your home, you're touching climate progress. This is Vienna's green social housing. As @NPR explains, we could do it here www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n... 534193
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Do not sleep on the strategy of muttering “Viennese green social housing” everywhere you go, you never know where it can lead! 030
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchClimate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Vienna is the global capital of social housing, and is regularly ranked as the world's most livable city. Our new report, featured in this @npr.org exclusive, explores Vienna’s green social housing—home to the majority of its renters—and how it can work here. www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...npr.orgCould this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing. 415252
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchJulia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 16/06/2025As climate solutions reporter I find many 'solutions' don't scale- or reduce pollution at all. Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna. Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️npr.orgCould this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing. 11484162
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Most of Vienna's renters live in affordable, climate resilient social housing, and people love it. This is green economic populism in action, and a model to replicate. This great @juliaradio.bsky.social @npr.org piece ft. our @cplusc.bsky.social work has the deets! www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...npr.orgCould this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing. 313347
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchSEIU California @seiuca.org · 07/06/2025When Huerta says “We are a power” He means the farmworker, the janitor, the nurse, the home care provider. The workers. And he’s right. You can’t detain a movement. #FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemAll 171003317
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 14/05/2025You can be evicted for: calling 911 too many times; being wrongly accused of shoplifting; having a son with a disability who needs help; being a victim of domestic violence. This is "crime-free housing" in America. A searing, crucial investigation by Sidnee King Pineda:nytimes.comUnder ‘Crime-Free Housing’ Laws, Families May Be Evicted for Minor Offenses 11308152
Reposted by Ruthy GourevitchOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025"...for protests to succeed, they must be backed by movements with the ability to promise to withhold—labor, debt payments, rent payments, or consumer support—and to follow through if demands aren’t met." Glad to have gotten the opportunity to push this line in Time time.com/collections/...time.comWhy Protests Should Be PromisesModern movements that aim to advance racial equity should withhold and promise, rather than perform, writes Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò 141091359