Our Housing Crisis: What is to be done?

Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR) will lead a conversation exploring the history of the housing struggle in Northern Ireland, from its roots to today's solutions. A Belfast based Human Rights organisation, PPR aims to create societal change through empowering those most affected by neoliberalism's failings. Their 'Take Back the City' campaign advocates to build modern and sustainable housing developments on publicly owned land in the areas of Belfast with highest need. In this event, PPR invite people to imagine how we can reuse abandoned buildings, derelict buildings and brownfield sites across the state to address our unprecedented housing crisis.

This talk and public conversation will be set in The State of Belfast exhibition where we can collectively explore the history of the current housing crisis through timelines and artifacts. We will ask who is to blame, who is not to blame, what do we do? What can we do?

Programmed as part of The State of Belfast exhibition. The State of Belfast uses Grenfell by Steve McQueen as a stepping off point to address the inherent injustices and inequality as well as issues of race and poverty which are inextricably linked to the Grenfell tragedy. The State of Belfast explores how these same conditions exist in Belfast and how we might collectively address them.

This national tour of Grenfell is being coordinated by Tate in collaboration with the partner venues and is made possible thanks to support using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and from Art Fund. Each presentation will be free to visit and will be accompanied by a public engagement programme of talks, workshops and community events supported by the Grenfell Foundation.

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