Community-owned and controlled housing and land gives us the possibility for meeting our needs for food, shelter, community, and safety without bosses, landlords or cops. Learn some exciting examples and hear some specific and practical lessons about the ins and outs of place-based organizing toward community land trusts, housing cooperatives, and commons.

Jay Pitter, MES, is an award-winning placemaker whose practice mitigates growing divides in cities across North America. She spearheads institutional city-building projects specializing in public space design and policy, forgotten densities, mobility equity, gender-responsive design, inclusive public engagement and healing fraught sites.