Unhoused Tenants and the Struggle for Housing Liberation

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In this chapter, Powers and Bennett examine the 2021 mass eviction of the Echo Park Lake encampment in Los Angeles and the broader struggle for housing justice.

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Contributors

Annie Powers

Rae Baker is a critical geographer, policy practitioner, and researcher focused on community-led inquiry and action. Their research and activism address housing inequality, land rights, and racial injustice and surveillance technology. They are an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati in the Research for Social Change and Education and Community Action Research graduate programs. They contribute community-driven research to Urban Praxis Workshop.

Ashley Bennett

Alexander Ferrer is a PhD student and movement-based researcher in Los Angeles. He works with Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, the Debt Collective, and the UCLA Institute on Inequality and Democracy.