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The housing official appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> to lead New York City<\/a>\u2019s newly revived Mayor\u2019s Office to Protect Tenants previously said, “White, middle-class homeowners are a huge problem for a renter justice movement” and argued organizers must “undermine the institution of homeownership,” during a 2021 podcast appearance.<\/p>\n

Cea Weaver, who was named director of the Mayor\u2019s Office to Protect Tenants on Jan. 1 through an executive order signed by Mamdani, made the remarks during a September 2021 episode of the “Bad Faith podcast<\/a>” while discussing eviction policy and renter organizing strategies.<\/p>\n

The comments have drawn renewed attention as Weaver now holds formal executive authority over tenant policy and enforcement in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her appointment was announced<\/a> on Mamdani\u2019s first day in office as part of a slate of executive actions reviving the Mayor\u2019s Office to Protect Tenants, according to City Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NYC DEM REVEALS HOW CITY COUNCIL REJECTED CEA WEAVER\u2014NOW MAMDANI IS HANDING HER POWER WITHOUT CONFIRMATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

During the podcast, Weaver argued that resistance to progressive reform often comes not from large corporate landlords but instead from homeowners.<\/p>\n

“I think the reality is that a lot of the people who are pushing back on the eviction moratorium and more rental assistance are not corporate landlords,” Weaver said. “They are homeowners who feel as though an eviction moratorium is an attack on their rights as a property owner.”<\/p>\n

She added that this opposition presents a challenge for housing organizers, saying “White, middle-class homeowners are a huge problem for the renter justice movement.”<\/p>\n

MAMDANI SAYS HE \u2018OBVIOUSLY\u2019 DISAGREES WITH AIDE\u2019S OLD VIEWS LINKING HOMEOWNERSHIP TO WHITE SUPREMACY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Later in the conversation, Weaver said homeownership has become the primary source of stability in the U.S. because of gaps in social programs, but argued that structure itself poses an obstacle to housing activism.<\/p>\n

“Unless we can undermine the institution of homeownership and seek to provide stability in other ways, it\u2019s a really difficult organizing situation we find ourselves in,” she said.<\/p>\n

Weaver framed evictions as a matter of power rather than economics, saying landlords resist the idea that tenants could remain in properties they “consider themselves to own.”<\/p>\n

In the same podcast, Weaver endorsed policies including universal rent control, the right to form tenant unions, blocking evictions, and funding rental assistance through higher taxes on the wealthy. She also argued that broader government programs could “chip away at homeownership” by providing stability through other means.<\/p>\n

Weaver has also drawn scrutiny for past social media posts criticizing white homeownership. In an August 2019 post on X which was later deleted but resurfaced by Fox News Digital<\/a>, Weaver wrote that “private property including and kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as \u2018wealth building\u2019 public policy.”<\/p>\n

On her first day in office, Weaver joined Mamdani in announcing city intervention in the bankruptcy proceedings of Pinnacle Group, a landlord tied to housing violations and complaints, according to City Hall.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital contacted the mayor\u2019s press office with questions about whether Mamdani stands by Weaver\u2019s 2021 remarks but did not receive a response by publication.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdani-housing-czar-called-white-middle-class-homeowners-huge-problem-2021-podcast-appearance <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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