Publications and Research
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
4-2025
Abstract
Housing and fire safety are deeply connected: inadequate and poorly maintained housing poses heightened fire risk for occupants. An individual or household’s housing situation (including limited or constrained choice) interacts with issues such as affordability, access, location, quality, safety, occupancy levels, tenure type, and resident or immigration status. These dynamics shape vulnerability, and inequity becomes most visible in the event of a fire. The extreme end of this spectrum includes the unhoused, who occupy structures entirely outside of regulatory systems with little or no fire protection.
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Consumer Protection Law Commons, Disability Law Commons, Emergency and Disaster Management Commons, Housing Law Commons, Risk Analysis Commons, Urban Studies and Planning Commons
Comments
A Kindling publication. This report is in collaboration with John Jay College of Criminal Justice based on insights and reflections from workshops hosted in Portland, Oregon and New York, New York.