Peter Dreier
Peter Dreier is professor of politics and director of the Urban and Environmental Policy program at Occidental College. He is a member of the boards of the National Housing Institute and the Southern California Assn. for Nonprofit Housing, and chair of the board of the Horizon Institute, a progressive think tank in Los Angeles.
ARTICLES IN SHELTERFORCE since jan 08
- Does Public Housing Have a Future?
Everybody hates public housing, except the low-income people who live there and the people on the long waiting lists to get in. After years of neglect, the Obama administration wants to save public housing for future generations. Let’s let them.
POSTS ON ROOFLINES
- 6 Dec 12 · Fifty Young Progressive Activists Who Are Changing America
- 6 Dec 11 · The Next Stage of the Occupy Movement
- 7 Oct 11 · The Rosa Parks of a New Economic Justice Movement?
- 30 Sep 11 · California’s Anti-Foreclosure Movement
- 5 Jul 11 · Want to Help Homeowners? Replace the Mansion Subsidy
- 10 May 11 · Fukuyama’s Wisdom on Rent Control and Unions Is Anything But Conventional
- 25 Mar 11 · The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire at 100: Businesses and Politicians Still “Cry Wolf”
- 11 Jun 10 · Does Public Housing Have a Future?
- 27 Apr 10 · Showdown on Wall Street and K Street
- 28 Nov 09 · The War on ACORN
- 8 Jul 09 · National Work Among Community Organizing Groups Is Growing
- 17 Dec 08 · The Chicago Sit-in: Has Obama’s Election Spurred a New Mood of Union Activism?
- 7 Nov 08 · Prescription for Progressive Change: Inspire and Mobilize
- 17 Oct 08 · Keeping Hope (And Housing) Alive in LA
- 1 Oct 08 · How to Fix the Mortgage Mess 101
- 15 Sep 08 · Did the GOP Attack on Community Organizing Backfire?
- 30 Jul 08 · Section 8 Is Only One Part of Addressing the Housing Crisis
- 28 Jul 08 · Abolish HUD?
- 26 Jun 08 · What is a Housing “Crisis”?
- 5 Jun 08 · Californians Defend Rent Control
- 12 May 08 · Will Foreclosures Translate into Votes?
National Housing Institute
