Urban Colloquium 1 critically examines the intersections of land, housing, planning, and spatial justice through both political and practical lenses. Centering the struggles and strategies of marginalized communities, the course explores how planning policies, market forces, and systemic inequities shape access to land and housing. Key topics include zoning, land dispossession, gentrification, displacement, tenant organizing, and community land trusts.Through readings, case studies, guest speakers, and discussion, students engage with diverse frameworks and grassroots responses to housing injustice in both local and broader urban contexts.Emphasis is placed on understanding the lived experiences behind housing struggles and envisioning transformative approaches to land and housing—approaches that center equity, affordability, and community control. The seminar fosters critical dialogue and supports student-led inquiry into contemporary urban challenges and just alternatives.