“This volume documents the present crisis in American urban housing policies and portrays how artists, through the medium of a Dia Foundation–sponsored art event and within the context of neighborhood organizations, have fought against government neglect, shortsighted housing policies and unfettered real estate speculation. Through essays, photographs, symposiums, arthictectural plans and the reproduction of works from the series of exhibitions organized by Rosler, the book serves a number of functions: it’s a practical manual for community organizing; a history of housing and homelessness in New York City and around the country; and an outline of what a humane housing policy might encompass for the American city.” —Publishers Weekly