Tools for action: Affordable housing toolkit aims to engage citizens

*New York – * To get people involved in their community, a pop-up workshop in Manhattan provided an affordable housing toolkit.

The kit, designed by the Center for Urban Pedagogy, includes an interactive felt chart, an illustrated affordable housing guidebook and access to online maps that chart the income demographics and housing costs of any neighbourhood in New York City.

The toolkit equips community members with the knowledge to develop positive visions for their neighbourhood and the terminology to articulate these to the experts.

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