2024 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate on Feb 13, 2024 | UCSB Arts & Lectures

The dramatic housing shortage in California affects millions of residents and leads thousands to homelessness. The 2024 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate will address this issue by asking, “Is Housing a Human Right?” If so, our state faces a massive undertaking. Experts with diverse specialties and experiences will wrestle with some of our biggest challenges. How, for example, can we build low and moderate income housing when construction costs are high and community opposition is often present? How can people experiencing homelessness be moved to shelter and housing? 

The event will include an audience Q&A.

Participants: 

Andy Bales
Former President and CEO, Union Rescue Mission

David Garcia
Policy Director, Terner Center for Housing Innovation, University of California, Berkeley

Rasheedah Phillips
Director of Housing, PolicyLink

Eric Tars
Senior Policy Director, National Homelessness Law Center

Moderator: Larry Mantle
Host of AirTalk with Larry Mantle on NPR member station LAist 89.3

Co-presented with UCSB College of Letters and Science and Interdisciplinary Humanities Center and made possible by an endowment from the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation