Stable Ground

Stable Ground addressed the complicated relationship among chronic housing insecurity, its psychologically traumatic impact, and municipal housing policy through a participatory community-based art and cultural program structured to inform the work of the City of Boston's Office of Housing Stability. This project centered on a residency program that embedded artists, legal designers, and trauma experts into community settings that contributed to local visual and performing arts exhibits and art-making events. These events included facilitated conversations among artists, residents, activists, organizers, experts, and municipal leaders, all structured to inform existing OHS services and those in development. The cross-sector team formed by the Stable Ground initiative was funded by The Kresge Foundation’s Arts & Culture program, and it represented a collaboration between four service-aligned organizations: NuLawLab, the Office of Housing Stability, Violence Transformed, and the Domestic Violence Institute.

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Read Building Stable Ground: An Evaluation Report, and learn more about this ongoing project here.