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Date created
2021-11-10
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Author: Nick Montgomery
Author: Johal, Am
Author: Melissa Roach
Author: Paige Smith
Author: Kathy Feng
Author: Alyha Bardi
Abstract
Nick Montgomery joins Below the Radar to talk solutions to what he calls 'structural precarity' in housing. He is in conversation with host Melissa Roach about a newly launched project he has co-founded, Solidarity Housing, a new model that supports homeowners in transitioning their homes to become permanently affordable housing. A writer, theorist, and permaculturist, Nick is deeply interested in housing alternatives, collective living, and finding more sustainable ways to live a thriving life in community with others. He and Melissa speak about the legal framework and model that Solidarity Housing seeks to provide, and how to encourage solidarity across the homeowner-tenant divide through engagement in mutual aid.
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Nick Montgomery is passionate about creating alternatives to the dominant order of things, with a focus on housing and food. For the last fifteen years, he has been exploring non-profit and collective ways of living and working, including community land trusts, cooperatives, intentional communities, affinity groups, permaculture, and collective housing. He holds a PhD in Cultural Studies and has designed and taught courses for a number of universities and colleges across Canada. Nick is a writer, theory nerd, and gardener living with his partner on Sla-dai-aich (Denman Island, BC).Resources:— Solidarity Housing: www.solidarityhousing.com/— Solidarity Housing survey: www.solidarityhousing.com/survey— Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance In Toxic Times: joyfulmilitancy.com/— Nick Montgomery on the Grounded Futures show: groundedfutures.com/shows/grounded-…ick-montgomery/
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English
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