Informational pamphlet written in both Chinese and English to help the communities understand their rights as tenants, so they are not moved from their homes under duress by their landlords who which to sell property in a prosperous property market.
2013

Views of a cityscape with highlighted apartment blocks form the focus of the front of the folded pamphlet. Once unfolded the interior, against a backdrop of a red apartment building shows the interiors of homes, with different families inside, accompanying the text and further reinforcing the point of the importance of community.

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Made in conjunction with graphic artists through Centre for Urban Pedagogy’s Public Access Design Fellowship and advocacy communities. Two projects are selected and then finalised by the jury and the design fellow is matched with the corresponding cause. CUP provides support in design and production for the four- six month projects. Each project is an educational tool and a display of design. The production costs of editing and printing are covered by CUP. Additionally, the advocacy partners involved are each given 1,000 copies to distribute amongst their constituents.

Legally thousands of New Yorkers are meant to have more affordable housing due to rent stabilisation. Landlords however often pressure tenants to move on in order to take advantage of increasing property values and as many renters don’t know their rights, many are unfairly forced out. The pamphlet aims to inform tenants about the rent stabilisation law and their rights so they can organise communities to be able to stay in their homes.
Created and designed by IntraCollaborative and CAAAV Organising Asian Communities

CD.27-2021