Making Affordable Homes in NYC Today

Sunday, May 31st, 1:00–4:00 PM (Lunch included), at 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY. Free Community Event. RSVP here. 

As of early 2026, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pledged to build 200,000 new units of affordable, rent-stabilized, union-built housing over the next 10 years, aiming to triple current city-financed production.

Our microconference brings together activists, academics, builders, tenants, and organizers to discuss how expanded affordable housing production can be made feasible in practice.

Topics include:

• Financing and public investment
• Union labor and construction capacity
• Zoning and regulatory barriers
• Public land strategy
• Cost control and scalable models

The goal is practical collaboration: identifying strategies that translate policy commitments into completed housing.

RSVP here. 

Co-Hosted by Sander Hicks and Sophie Gonick, Ph.D.

About the Speaker Events Committee — The Speaker Events Committee of 15th Street Monthly Meeting organizes public programs related to social and environmental justice. Our mission is to host lively, accessible gatherings that practice Quaker virtues of simplicity, peace, and dialogue, and that invite thoughtful engagement with the moral challenges of our time.

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