K–6Civic Lab
Housing Justice
Affordable housing advocacy
Sedge
BrunoBefore you start
- Age band
- K–6
- Time
- 25–45 minutes
- Quest type
- Hanging Out
- Guardian
- Otis · Weber
- Materials needed
- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
- Composition Notebook for Advocacy Notes
- Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City by M. Nolan Gray
Why this skill rocks
Learning about housing justice helps you understand why everyone deserves a safe place to live and how you can speak up for others right now. You can be a voice for fairness in our community.
2034Where this could take you
When the Olympics arrive, you'll be a powerful advocate, making sure our city grows fairly and everyone has a warm home, maybe even leading projects to build new affordable places for families.
What You'll Need
Optional materials for this quest.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
RequiredThe definitive ground-level account of what housing insecurity actually looks like. Pulitzer Prize winner that reads like a novel and gives you the human context behind the data.
Composition Notebook for Advocacy Notes
RequiredTrack meetings, record community member quotes, and draft letters to council members. One dedicated notebook keeps your advocacy work organized.
Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City by M. Nolan Gray
A clear, readable explainer on how zoning laws created the housing crisis. Great if you want to understand policy levers and talk credibly about reform.