# Author Talk: A Right to Housing? by Samuel Stein

Author Talk: A Right to Housing? by Samuel Stein at Van Alen Institute, Wednesday 4 November 2026, 18:00.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Van Alen Institute, Bond Street 303, 11231
- With: Andrew Brown
- Go to page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/van-alen-institute-and-aia-brooklyn-present-a-right-to-housing-tickets-2001989873604?keep_tld=true

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A book talk and conversation on the urgent question of housing as a right, held at Van Alen Institute in Gowanus. Author Samuel Stein introduces his new book 'A Right to Housing?' and its untraditional structure with a short reading. He is then joined by Andrew Brown, policy expert at Van Alen Institute, for a discussion ranging from the politics of housing policy to what a genuine right to housing could look like in practice. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

## Dates

- Wednesday 4 November 18:00 — Van Alen Institute

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