Metropolitics

Solving the housing crisis: opening up private housing to the social sector

2013-02-13T05:50:00Z

Jean-Pierre Lévy has devoted much of his work to the issue of poor housing conditions. Here, for Metropolitics, he discusses the causes of a crisis that, in his view, is essentially qualitative in nature, and proposes a solution to this crisis, whereby the social status of housing is defined according to who occupies it rather than where it is built.
What are the main differences between the way housing issues were addressed in the 1970s and the way they are addressed today?
Housing issues

- Interviews / homeownership, housing, housing policy, social housing, public policy, landlords, rental, rent, rental housing

Drug-consumption rooms in the city?

Laurent El Ghozi & Nadine Roudil & translated by Oliver Waine — 2011-05-04T05:20:00Z

Following a number of experiments in Geneva and Bilbao, the question of whether supervised injection centres should be opened in France recently shook the nation's political scene, giving rise to lively discussions on the subject. In April 2010, the association Élus, Santé Publique et Territoires (literally "Elected Representatives, Public Health and Territories") initiated a public symposium with the aim of encouraging debate on this issue.
Could you give us a brief outline of the history

- Interviews / public space, health, drugs, safety, Spain, Genève, Bilbao, Switzerland

The Geography of Financial Crisis

David Harvey & Nadine Roudil & Stéphane Tonnelat — 2010-12-22T09:07:40Z

David Harvey is a leading figure of the marxist critique of neoliberalism. During his last stay in France, in October 2010, he answered a few quick questions on his relationship to Paris, on the geography of the financial crisis and on Utopia and social movements.
---- Dossier : Penser la ville avec Marx Video 1: Space, Marx and Paris Duration: 3:26 Question 1: You propose a spatial reading of Marx's critique of capitalism. Could you tell us how his work has helped you elaborate your own

- Interviews / Marx, financial crisis, utopia, crisis, video