🏠 housing justice & more
A mix of grassroots, legal & policy orgs, scholars, journalists, policymakers & advocates that care about housing, homelessness & tenants rights 🔑 to get you started 🏠
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@raceforward.org
@shelterforce.bsky.social
https://shelterforce.org Essential reporting on affordable #housing. Support our work: https://shelterforce.org/donate Shelterforce Weekly: http://shelterforce.org/subscribe
@nationalhomeless.bsky.social
he National Coalition for the Homeless is a network of individuals & organizations united by a commitment to ending homelessness.
@prrac.bsky.social
PRRAC is a civil rights organization dedicated to promoting research-based advocacy addressing structural racial and economic inequality. Based in Washington, D.C. PRRAC.org
@rebeks.bsky.social
housing policy / she/her / pdx / communist / murp student housingauthority.substack.com ~ #orleg
@nlihc.org
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated to achieving racially and socially equitable public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes have quality homes that are accessible and affordable in communities of their choice.
@powerswitchaction.org
Our network of grassroots groups is organizing in cities across the country to win good jobs, affordable homes, and thriving communities on a livable planet. Learn more & get email updates 👉 https://www.powerswitchaction.org/
@actlosangeles.bsky.social
We fight for affordable housing, quality jobs and transit justice so that L.A. communities can thrive.
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social
Author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America • essays and reporting in The New York Times, Harper's, The New Republic, Jacobin & elsewhere https://bit.ly/thereisnoplaceforus
@evictionresearch.bsky.social
A multi-institution collaborative research group based out of UC Berkeley. Using data science & AI to enumerate evictions, predict risk, and unveil racial/ethnic/gender disparities. evictionresearch.net
@housingfund.bsky.social
Cross-sector, nationwide collaborative fund working to protect renters and solve homelessness. Learn more: housingisopportunity.org
@povertyscholar.bsky.social
Prof @Cornell studying: power, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing) |Author: Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism & Unequal Politics |Builder|Believer
@liberation-gen.bsky.social
We are a national movement-support organization, building power for POC and demanding a #LiberationEconomy. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 IG: @libgen_econ 🔗 liberationinageneration.org
@patrickspauster.com
(Data) Reporter writing about cities and policy for City Limits and Bloomberg CityLab. NYC based urban planner and Liberty diehard patrickspauster.com
@beseattleorg.bsky.social
Building the power and leadership of renters and people experiencing homelessness to fight for housing that is appropriate and affordable for all
@mancelovici.bsky.social
- Prof. | Directeur du Département de sociologie @sociologieuqam.bsky.social - Social Movements | Housing Struggles in Barcelona, Montreal, NYC, and Santiago de Chile - Posts in English, français, y español - Web: https://uqam.academia.edu/MarcosAncelovici
@sashaperigo.bsky.social
Writer, housing policy advocate, and data analyst. Former comms EBHO & Tenants Together, columnist for the SF Examiner, & homelessness co-chair with DSA SF. Stanford computer science alumna. Antifascista siempre. 🌹🏳️🌈
@ruthygourevitch.bsky.social
tenant and climate research and such with @cplusc.bsky.social
@jkichton.bsky.social
tenant • disrupter • eater house the ppl she/her comms for @nhlp.bsky.social, formerly @pplsaction.bsky.social
@morganewill.bsky.social
Progressive comms, mom, politically exhausted Texan, UT Austin grad, and firm believer that Mercury is probably screwing with us I consult: https://morganwgrogan.com/ she/her
@writeralejandra.bsky.social
Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Former deputy editor at City Bureau. Earlier: BGA & Chicago Tribune. IRE_NICAR board member. Headline Club alum. Hablo español. ☕️🌎🪴 https://www.injusticewatch.org/projects/tenant-trap/
@popdemocaction.bsky.social
Join the movement to Fight Back. Text LIVE to 25463.
@ucsfbhhi.bsky.social
We conduct groundbreaking research to help prevent & end homelessness. Follow us for key insights and evidence-based solutions. 📪 Newsletter: bit.ly/BHHInews 🔗 LinkedIn: bit.ly/BHHILinkedIn 🖥️ Web: homelessness.ucsf.edu
@oaktenantsunion.bsky.social
The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists. OTU's core values are to protect and expand tenant rights and interests. We've been fighting for tenants rights since 1989!
@lawyerscomm.bsky.social
Making the Promises of Democracy Real
@nhlp.bsky.social
Leading housing & legal advocacy nonprofit, advancing housing rights & preserving affordable housing with our thousands-strong membership of advocates across the country, the Housing Justice Network. 🏙️www.nhlp.org
@shamusroller.bsky.social
ED at the National Housing Law Project 🇺🇸 Housing nerd. @nhlp.bsky.social
@aysha.bsky.social
editor @nextcity.org and analystnews.org covering the path to flourishing cities and a just world 🏙️🌎 urbanism without equity is gentrification. housing is a human right. genocide is bad. nonprofit journalism is the future. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 nextcity.org/pitch
@nextcity.org
Next City’s journalism centers marginalized voices while amplifying solutions to the problems that oppress people in cities.
@davidjmadden.bsky.social
Sociologist at LSE studying cities, housing, and social theory. Co-author, In Defense of Housing.
@ceaweaver.bsky.social
tenant organizing and rent control, socialist politics, New York. director, @housingjustice4all.bsky.social
@houseourneighbors.bsky.social
Seattle Voted Yes on Prop 1A (aka I-137) to fund social housing! Seattle voted Yes on I-135 🗳️ | Advocating for Social Housing 🏘️ better land use & climate action.
@holz-bau.bsky.social
architect @ Larchlab.com (Seattle) activist for: car-light climate adaptive cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
@bweisslaw.bsky.social
Law Prof & Sr. Assoc. Dean @ American University Washington College of Law. Writing & teaching about property, housing, community dev, ethics, legal ed. Dad to 🦉 & 🦕 expert. https://www.american.edu/wcl/faculty/weiss.cfm
@lizryanmurray.bsky.social
Gal about town fighting for justice. Housing is a human right. Recovering medievalist & improvisor
@publicadvocates.bsky.social
The "small but noisy" nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization making rights real for all Californians.
@prisonculture.bsky.social
co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, etc...
@roshanabraham.bsky.social
freelance writer | journalist covering tenant movements & the housing crisis | bylines at The Guardian, The New York Times, The Baffler, The Verge, Slate etc I formerly @motherboard Signal: roshan.150 RoshanAbraham.net Roshanabraham.substack.com
@harvard-jchs.bsky.social
We strive to improve equitable access to decent, affordable homes in thriving communities, and we conduct rigorous research to advance housing policy and practice. www.jchs.harvard.edu
@jwapplebaum.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UF Medical sociologist | social inequalities, pet ownership, health disparities, One Health/One Welfare | she/her https://www.jenniferapplebaum.com/
@miriam-mjoy.bsky.social
Parent, Shelterforce editor (all things housing!), contra dancer, singer, poet, queer, anti-racist, small-city lover, believer in good trouble and being just instead of nice, though am nice by nature/nurture. Mask TF up. Opinions are mine, not my org's.
@davidstein.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of History, UCSB. Former fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. Social movements & political economy—civil rights movement; economic policy; inflation; mass incarceration.
@desireefields.bsky.social
Digital experiments with property+place, platform financial subjectivity, critical economic geography Economic geographer, UC Berkeley. Trustee, Urban Studies Foundation. Editor, Environment and Planning A+Housing, Theory and Society
@katieprout.bsky.social
features writer, Chicago Reader: harm reduction, homelessness, and chicago/rust belt history. proud member, Reader Union kprout@chicagoreader.com https://www.katieprout.com/
@kateontransport.bsky.social
Mobility justice/transportation equity/urban planning and policy. Chicago!!! Proud union member (UIC United Faculty). Day job @ @uiccuppa.bsky.social
@hpan3.bsky.social
They/佢/他 • Finding my way and making sure you do too • Have written but not as much these days • MSP :: SFC LINK TO STORIES: linktr.ee/hpan3 ALL POSTS REP MY VIEWS AND MINE ALONE
@tonydamiano.bsky.social
B+ dad and PhD housing researcher at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs - University of Minnesota. Bucks, Packers, Hawkeyes and Golden Eagles too
@aldasky.bsky.social
Political economy of climate emergency. Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley; Director, Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2; Founding Co-Director, Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social. A Planet to Win (Verso). he/him
@cplusc.bsky.social
Climate and Community Project is a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate-inequality nexus in the US and around the world. 🌱 http://www.climateandcommunity.org
@alerigolon.bsky.social
Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7
@alexrbarron.bsky.social
Climate policy wonk. Rogue biogeochemist. Assoc. Prof. Fmr. Congressional staff (AAAS_STPF). Obama EPA & Biden OMB alum.
@nychange.bsky.social
One of the largest and most uncompromising community organizations in the country. Jobs. Housing. Public Safety. Climate Action. Immigrant Power. Join us.
@katewagner.bsky.social
architecture critic @thenation.com, creator of https://late-review.com, derailleur.net, mcmansionhell.com. Nicht bringst du Unheil dahin, wo Unheil im Hause wohnt. she/her
@cwhitzman.bsky.social
Senior housing researcher, University of Toronto School of Cities. Author, “Clara at the Door with a Revolver”(2023), “Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis” ( 2024).
@ahjohnson.bsky.social
citationspod.bsky.social podcast, write @ The Nation, Real News, In These Times, things of that nature columnblog.com
@keeanga.bsky.social
historian, co-founder of Hammer & Hope, @NewYorker, DEI hire https://www.keeangataylor.com/
@tsilverstein.bsky.social
Executive Director at @prrac.bsky.social; adjunct clinician; Wizards/Nats/LFC; crossword solver; early morning dog walker
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
NYS Assemblymember for District 36. Running for Mayor to freeze the rent, make buses fast + free, and deliver free universal childcare. Democratic Socialist. zohranfornyc.com
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of Indivisible. I'm here to win AND make friends.
@alfredtwu.com
Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner (@alfredtwu.net), California Democratic Party Delegate, East Bay architect & commercial artist. Reblue/follow/like does not equal endorsement. art: http://alfredtwu.com
@danimmergluck.bsky.social
Principal, Applied & Policy Research Advisement (APRA) Professor Emeritus, Public Policy & Urban Studies, Georgia State Affordable & Fair Housing, Cities, Community Development CHI-->ATL-->CHI Opinions my own More info at: https://tinyurl.com/3n9py4us
@rcmoya.bsky.social
Ah, dejame entrar, dejame ver algún día como ven tus ojos / Organiser, Debt Collective + L.A. Tenants Union / Board, Tenants Together / ex-Campaign Coordinator, ACCE / rent control & social housing campaigner / Personal account
@knockdotla.bsky.social
Nonprofit independent journalism in LA // a project of @groundgamela.bsky.social Pitch us➡️pitches@knock.la Fund us➡️nc.la/patreon
@invisiblepeople.tv
Changing the story of homelessness through storytelling, education, journalism, and advocacy ➤ http://invisiblepeople.tv ➤ http://youtube.com/invisiblepeople
@inthesetimes.com
A publication committed to informing and advancing movements for social, economic, racial and environmental justice. Founded in 1976.
@city.bsky.social
writer and organizer • The New Republic, The Nation, The Baffler & elsewhere • Abolish Rent from Haymarket Books bit.ly/abolishrent
@thenation.com
Founded by abolitionists in 1865. Committed to progressive journalism. Subscribe: http://subscriptions.thenation.com.
@prospect.org
Ideas, Politics & Power: The American Prospect is an independent political magazine. We cover Washington and beyond like no one else does. Subscribe: https://prospect.org/membership
@sorenspicknall.bsky.social
Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him "We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
@andrewrumbach.bsky.social
Urban & regional scientist. Co-lead of the Climate & Communities program @urbaninstitute. Research & policy analysis on disasters, disaster recovery, precarious housing, land use, and adaptation. Sourdough enthusiast. https://andrewrumbach.substack.com
@deanpreston.bsky.social
Former legislator, democratic socialist, housing advocate, founder of Tenants Together. He/Him. Opinions my own, reposts not endorsements.
@carolinenagy.bsky.social
Associate Director for Housing at AFR, working on corporate landlords and climate change+insurance. Appalachian Ohioan living in upstate NY, friend to all dogs. Personal account: my dumb takes are mine not AFR's.
@carolsott.bsky.social
@CarolSOtt on Instagram. Tenant Advocacy Director. I season my food! Also cats, anti-racism, family. These are my tweets, not my employer's. Work: http://econaction.org -- use our Tenant Advocacy Intake Form if you have any landlord-tenant issues!
@citylimitsnews.bsky.social
A nonprofit newsroom committed to in-depth reporting & commentary on New York City housing, homelessness, and other pressing issues. www.citylimits.org Get involved: https://bit.ly/42jAa0b
@oksanamir.bsky.social
Rent control, social housing Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй. schlecht Deutsch & שלעכט יידיש oksana.nyc
@corpkiller.bsky.social
(he/him/él) Director of Litigation for National Housing Law Project (opinions my own) Also into calisthenics, OSR role-playing games, language learning, some cooking. Go Blue. Based in Richmond, Virginia Language level: 🇬🇧 (🇺🇸): 🙂 🇪🇸: 😎 🇧🇷:🤔 🇫🇷: 😞
@carlosonhousing.bsky.social
All roads lead to home, inc climate paths. VP for Research & Policy @RFF.org Remodeling Dir @harvard-jchs.bsky.social Jalostotitlán to El Cerrito to DC
@yonahfreemark.com
Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@smith.senate.gov
Mom, wife, daughter, and loving but distracted friend. U.S. Senator for Minnesota. Prefers window seats, donuts and MN beer (all together when possible) ✈️ 🍩🍺
@truthout.org
Independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues. Support our work: truthout.org/donate Get our daily email: truthout.org/subscribe Follow us: go.bsky.app/9WsnfPT
@npquarterly.bsky.social
Journalism for civil society. Reporting on leadership, climate justice, racial justice, health justice, economic justice, philanthropy, and equity issues.
@liamjdillon.com
California housing affordability and neighborhood change reporter for the Los Angeles Times. liam.dillon@latimes.com
@evictionlab.bsky.social
The Eviction Lab is helping neighbors and policymakers understand the eviction crisis. Follow us for the latest housing research + news. RT ≠ endorsement.
@isabellamweber.bsky.social
EconProf, UMass Amherst Robinson, Keynes, Meiksins Wood, Rothschild & Matthöfer Prizes | Harvard Associate in Research | 2023 TIME100 Next "cost-shock queen" according to FT
@jeffstein.bsky.social
Reporter at The Washington Post. Listen to my series on John Brown: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-carnage/id1723391781
@stevanzetti.bsky.social
special investigative correspondent @texasobserver.org • columnist @thebarbedwire.bsky.social • publisher @proteanmag.com • Signal: stevanzetti.12 Read my journalism: https://authory.com/stevenmonacelli Support my work: https://linktr.ee/Stevanzetti
@rachelholliday.bsky.social
managing editor at THE CITY (@thecity.nyc) • news if I must, local joy where I can find it • bird enjoyer • bluesky elder (derogatory) • tell me something good: rsmith@thecity.nyc 📍 queens / fun hell
@eawhitford.bsky.social
Now: senior reporter at MLex covering AI regulation. Proud member @newsguild.org. Then: deputy editor @citylimitsnews.bsky.social covering housing and homelessness.
@mdoukmas.bsky.social
Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Citizen of Flavortown. Chicago Reader alum. Send your courts tips. Headshot: Danielle Scruggs Cover photo: Brian Cassella
@rachelmcohen.bsky.social
Vox reporter - covering family policy + politics trying to prod productively
@peggybaileydc.bsky.social
@CenterOnBudget Executive VP of Policy and Program Development. Fighting for economic, health and housing justice. Tired dog mom, even more tired of excuses used to not help people eat, be healthy, and have a place to call home.
@centeronbudget.bsky.social
A nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances federal and state policies to help build a nation where everyone has the resources they need to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.
@debtcollective.bsky.social
The nation’s first debtors’ union, organizing to build power with debt as leverage. You are not a loan! Press: press@debtcollective.org
@berkeleytenants.bsky.social
We defend and advance tenants’ rights through grassroots organizing, outreach, and policy advocacy. Housing must be for people, not profit. berkeleytenants.org #RentControl #SHIMBY
@latenantsunion.bsky.social
We're a tenant-led, member-funded union fighting for the human right to housing. We stop evictions, teach tenant rights & organize rent strikes across Los Angeles. JOIN! https://latenantsunion.org/join/