Students investigate what can be done to achieve housing equity in Brooklyn.

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A group of students taking a photo together after virtually interviewing a community stakeholder.

While there are a few different types of affordable housing and supportive housing programs available in NYC, access to affordable housing remains an urgent question for most New Yorkers. The housing inequity that exists speaks to the many challenges that New Yorkers face when attempting to access safe and affordable housing in Brooklyn. 
But the question remains…what can we do to achieve housing equity in Brooklyn?
In the spring of 2024, Teaching Artist Shifa Q collaborated with Design Works High School students to understand what is being done to address housing inequity in Brooklyn, what initiatives and policies are in place to address these inequities, and what challenges communities face in accessing fair housing. To understand the issue, students talked to community members in their neighborhood, interviewed stakeholders working on it, and explored photography and printmaking. They gathered what they learned and created this booklet to teach others about housing inequity in Brooklyn.

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Design Works High School
Principal: Corinth Hunter Teaching: Nigro Bullock Danielle

Teaching Artist and Designer

Teaching Artist: <a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/shifa">Shifa Quraeshi</a> Designer: <a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/clae-lu">Clae Lu</a>

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<h4> Students</h4>
Adeyinka Adebayo, Jameer Davis-Abrams, Adeyinka Adebayo, Azrael Akimoto, Jessenia Allen, Marlo Armstrong, Jaden Austin, Mohamed Bah, Knox Baker, Kaison Barton, Tiffany-Joy Blanding-Armstrong, Kaden Bobé, Maxwell Ayuso Botshon, Portlynn Boyd, Amor Breakenridge, Harper Breton, Lily Bushelle, Jasani Butler, Avery Cangelosi, Aaron Carberry, Amy Clarke, Ida Cogan, Nsoroma Diallo, El Dickman, Aliia Dogdurbaeva, Abyl Dowshen Flores, Joseph Driver, Zion Edwards, Umeno English, Amor Futterman, Umi Gandy, Anabel German, Ipoh Gnolou, Ethan Gomez, Sebastian Gonzalez-Munguia, Felix Gresko, Brandon Guerrero-Luna, Jamaal Hale, Jasper Hammons, Tea Healy, Christian Henry, Kaylee Hernandez, Zamiya Hicks, Taraya Humphrey, Dehlilah Jefferson, Kamari Johnson, Justin Jones, Kian Joulaee, Remus Kaper-Pop, Siena Kaskawits, Maya Kaye, Nikolas Kellam, Taylor Kelley, Abril Kiceleff, Olivia Kiceleff, Lee Killen, Natalia Korczakowska, Vincent Martinez, Ky-mani McGarrell, Alahna McGill, Maxwell McMillan, Emily Mitchell, Leif Murphy, Vivika Niles, Trinity Nugent, Miles Opa, Aleena Figueroa Perez, Marleigh Perpignan, Sophia Pichardo, Talan Reich, Sonja Rubin, Lauren Samuel, Susannah Samuels, Giselle Sardinha, Frankie Scullin-Kelly, Abdullo Shavkatov, Joseph Singleton, Camerin Stokes, Megan Terlizzi, Gail Vakulenko, Alehandra Vallon, Akari Vallon, Jayden Villarruel, Amari Walcott, Tyler Westbrooks, Destiny Young 
<h4>Special Thanks</h4>
Julia Curbera, Senior Policy Analyst at HPDNYC
Jessica Hurd, Assistant Director at HCA
Karuna Mehta, Senior Community Investment Officer at CSH
Lauren Velez, Associate Director at CSH

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