Green Housing

GND for Public Housing before and after showing new kitchen appliances, a fixed sink, improved lighting, new paint, and more.
Illustration by .L. McCullough for our Green New Deal for Public Housing report.

Tackling the crises of environmental, racial, and economic justice will mean tackling the housing crisis by building public, zero-carbon homes in the next 10 years, and by retrofitting the tens of millions of homes that poor, working class, and BIPOC people currently live in. These investments provide an opportunity to reduce energy poverty, improve health by eliminating in-home burning of fossil fuels, and raise the standard of living for millions of people while reducing their costs rent payments. Building and retrofitting these homes can bring millions of new workers into the cutting-edge green building economy. Our reports, memos, and op-eds explore the political economy of a Green New Deal for Housing including specific policy proposals, polling, and the need for such a program.

2021

Title page of A Green New Deal for Public Housing Report

Cohen, Daniel Aldana, Rachel Mulbry, A. L. McCullough, Kira McDonald, Nick Graetz, Billy Fleming. 2021. A Green New Deal for Public Housing to Deliver Racial, Economic, and Climate Justice. Philadelphia: Climate and Community Project. Report co-sponsored by (SC)2. April 19. Download report.

2020

Title Page of The Case for Social Housing Report

Daniel Aldana Cohen and Mark Paul. 2020. The Case for Social Housing. The Justice Collaborative, Data for Progress. November 2. Download report.

2019

Title Page of Public Housing At Risk: Adaptation through a Green New Deal report.

Billy Fleming, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Nick Graetz, Katie Lample, Alexandra Lillehei, Kira McDonald, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Mark Paul. 2019. Public Housing At Risk: Adaptation through a Green New Deal. Research Report. Data for Progress. Report co-sponsored by (SC)2. December 16. Download report.

Title Page of A Green New Deal for American Public Housing Communities report.

Daniel Aldana Cohen, Billy Fleming, Kira McDonald, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Nick Graetz, Katie Lample, Alexandra Lillehei, Mark Paul, Anunya Bahanda. 2019. A Green New Deal for American Public Housing Communities. Research Report. Data for Progress. Report co-sponsored by (SC)2. November 22. Download report.

Title Page of a Green New Deal for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Communities report.

Daniel Aldana Cohen, Billy Fleming, Kira McDonald, Nick Graetz, Mark Paul, Alexandra Lillehei, Katie Lample, Julian Brave NoiseCat. 2019. A Green New Deal for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Communities. Research Report. Data for Progress. Report co-sponsored by (SC)2. November 14. Download report.

Header of article "Bernie and AOC's Green New Deal for Public Housing Act Would Transform America"

Daniel Aldana Cohen and Julian Brave NoiseCat. 2019. Bernie and AOC’s Green New Deal for Public Housing Act Would Transform America. The Nation. November 14.

Title page of The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act Can Stand Up to Scrutiny polling memo.

Sean McElwee, John Ray, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Julian Brave NoiseCat. 2019. The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act Can Stand Up to Scrutiny. Polling Memo. Data for Progress. November 14. Report co-sponsored by (SC)2. Download memo.

Title page of The Green Homes Guarantee is Popular polling memo.

Daniel Aldana Cohen, Tara Raghuveer, Sean McElwee, Jack Nicol, John Ray. 2019. The Green Homes Guarantee is Popular. Polling Memo. Data for Progress. Report co-sponsored by (SC)2. October 19. Download memo.

Header of article "A successful climate plan must also tackle the housing crisis"

Daniel Aldana Cohen. 2019. A Successful Climate Plan Must Also Tackle the Housing Crisis. The Guardian. October 1.

Image of webpage with A Green Homes Guarantee is Popular blog post.

Daniel Aldana Cohen. 2019. A Green Homes Guarantee Is Popular. Blog. Data for Progress. September 18.

Header of article "Mitigate Housing and Climate Risk through a Green New Deal for Housing"

Daniel Aldana Cohen. 2019. Mitigate Housing and Climate Risk through a Green New Deal for Housing. Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center. September 10.

A National Homes Guarantee report cover

Daniel Aldana Cohen, Peter Gowan, Sofia Lopez and Maurice Weeks , Mark Paul, Thomas Silverstein,
Kelly Viselman, Cea Weaver, Tara Raghuveer and
Kevin Simowitz. 2019. A National Homes Guarantee. Report. September 5.

Header of article "Eco-Apartheid is Real"

Daniel Aldana Cohen. 2019. Eco-Apartheid is Real. The Nation. July 26.

Header of journal article "Contradictions of the Climate-Friendly City"

Jennifer L. Rice Daniel Aldana Cohen Joshua Long Jason R. Jurjevich. 2019. Contradictions of the Climate‐Friendly City: New Perspectives on Eco‐Gentrification and Housing Justice. In International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.12740

Photo showing article title :A Green New Deal for Housing" on the left followed by article header beneath it. "A Green New Deal can’t deliver economic or environmental justice without tackling the housing crisis. We should go big and build 10 million beautiful, public, no-carbon homes over the next 10 years." On the right, there is an image of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey at a podium which says "Green New Deal." A crowd stands behind them.

Daniel Aldana Cohen. 2019. A Green New Deal for Housing. Jacobin. February 8.

Report Cover which says Climate Justice and the Right to the City with white letters and a blue background.

Daniel Aldana Cohen. 2018. Climate Justice and the Right to the City. White Paper. Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Penn Institute for Urban Research, and Perry World House.