The Cost of Home: Local Models and National Policy for Affordability

Small Center Engagement

The Cost of Home exhibit worked to expand understanding of public intervention in the market and the role of policy in shaping outcomes in affordable housing. Through case studies, the exhibit contextualized the limited range of current models of design and program that provide housing for low- to moderate-income residents in New Orleans while proposing underutilized alternatives.

Partner Organization

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Outcome

Throughout the exhibit, Small Center hosted a variety of speakers to explore different facets of affordable housing in local and national contexts. Speakers included: Stacy Seicshnaydre, Associate Dean of Public Interest Programs at Tulane University Law School; Jenga Mwendo, Assistant Director of Crescent City Land Trust and Director of Backyard Gardener’s Network; Alex Posorke, Director of Ride New Orleans; Diane Jones, Partner at Design Jones LLC; Nick Jenisch, Project Manager at Small Center; Alexandra Miller, Principal at Asakura Robinson; Christine Gaspar, Director of Center for Urban Pedagogy; Casius Pealer, Director of Tulane University’s Masters in Sustainable Real Estate program;  Ellen M. Lee, Director of Housing and Community Development for the city of New Orleans; Cashauna Hill, Executive Director of Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center; Shana griffin, Activist-scholar; Hannah Adams, Attorney for Southeastern Louisiana Legal Services, and Athelgra Landry, Michael Esnault, and other residents of the American Can apartments. To view the digital booklet for The Cost of Home, please click here.

Collaborators

This Creative Lab

• Justin Shiels (Design)