Saskia Sassen in conversation with Michele Acuto to discuss the brutality of housing inequalities and the social impact from a global perspective.
This recording is from a live virtual event, part of the 2021 Housing Assembly symposium held in November at the Melbourne School of Design and brought to you in collaboration with the University of Melbourne Affordable Housing Hallmark initiative.
Links and references
Raynor, K. & Panza, L. (2021). Tracking the impact of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia: Shocks, vulnerability and insurances among residents of share houses. Cities. 117.
Zapeda, J. & Sassen, S. (2020). The transformation of housing into financial assets normalizes misery in the cities of the Americas. OpenDemocracy.net
Sassen, S. (2012). Expanding the Terrain for Global Capital: When Local Housing Becomes an Electronic Instrument. in Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets. Blackwell Publishing.
Sassen, S. (2015). Who owns our cities – and why this urban takeover should concern us all. The Guardian.
Goudis, M. (2019). “The ‘housing question’ is no longer simply about housing”: An interview with Saskia Sassen on urban land and housing ahead of the Housing Europe annual conference. Housing Europe.
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Credits
Michele Acuto is Director of Melbourne Centre for Cities
Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor, Department of Sociology, Columbia University
Event by Katrina Raynor and the University of Melbourne Affordable Housing Hallmark initiative
Audio production by Kate Murray