In the face of the global housing crisis, renters are building people power to win a future where everyone has a home. In this webinar, speakers from Scotland and Germany will share their insights from campaigning for rent controls and the expropriation of hundreds of thousands of rental housing units owned by corporate landlords. Together with Australian housing advocates, we’ll unpack what these lessons mean for building a powerful housing movement here.

SPEAKERS

Chelsea Hood Withey (Founder & Organiser, House You)

Chels Hood Withey (they/them) is a community organiser, and the founder of House You, a grassroots housing first organisation based on unceded Bundjalung Country in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales. Dedicated to organising the people power required for systemic change, so everybody gets a house.

Emma Saunders (National Organiser, Living Rent - Scotland)

Emma Saunders is a community organiser and geographer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was a founding member of Living Rent, Scotland's tenants' and community union, and is currently the national organiser for the union, supporting members to build local branches and national campaigns to fight for genuinely affordable, quality and secure housing. Emma was previously a labour organiser in France supporting precarious workers to organise in their workplace and wrote a PhD on international labour solidarity in the semiconductor sector.

Amir Ishikawa (Deutsche Wohnen und co. Enteignen - DWE)

DATE AND TIME

The webinar will take place on Wednesday 26th August, 6pm-7:15pm AEST via Zoom.

COST

This webinar is free to attend.

ACCESSIBILITY

The session will be run entirely online via Zoom. Please outline any access needs during registration and to enquire about how we can help you participate, please contact us at info@australianprogress.org.au.

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