Through the lens of social justice that Karen Kubey brings, this episode takes a deeper look at the question of how we bridge the gap between politics and design within the framework of affordable housing. Karen Kubey is an urbanist and architectural educator specializing in housing and health. She co-founded both the Architecture for Humanity New York chapter (now Open Architecture/New York) and the New Housing New York. She was the first executive director of the Institute for Public Architecture. She guest-edited the Architectural Design (AD) issue "Housing as Intervention: Architecture towards Social Equity." She has recently collaborated with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the New York City Housing Authority. Trained as an architect at the University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University, Karen began her career in affordable housing design. Here we get to know her projects and her perspectives.