“The ultimate cause of homelessness is our spiritual break with the land.”
Affordable housing
Unaffordable housing is a major factor that drives Black Oaklanders out of the California city—so what can we do about it?
A major for-profit affordable housing provider hasn’t evicted a single tenant since early 2020. How did the company do it, and can its method be a model for other developers?
A team of Portland activists is working to keep Black residents in their homes with maintenance and upgrades.
After years of grassroots activism, the city has found success in addressing historical housing discrimination through community land trusts.
The climate crisis and the pandemic are spurring local governments to take action—and finally begin to address chronic homelessness.
We keep saying we can’t go back to the way we were before the pandemic. But we just might be doing that.
What equitable resource distribution looks like.
One parcel at a time, Bay Area activists are pushing for land trust housing to decommodify land and take properties out of an unjust market.
During the pandemic shutdown, only government protection kept many people in their homes. That shield is gone now.
A network of government agencies and community service organizations have created a program to help formerly incarcerated people navigate life outside prison.
The coronavirus pandemic has put pressures on tenants who lose work, and the landlords who lose rent income. This program tries to help both.
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