Our Vision and Work
Housing is an essential need that provides the foundation for people to build their lives, find work, raise the next generation, and age in place.
Our access to housing and the community resources near our homes have been shaped by policies and practices that have harmed and excluded people of color. These inequities continue today while our communities across the country grapple with an affordable housing shortage, weak tenant protections, and increasing corporate consolidation that contribute to displacement and persistent poor housing quality.
Local governments have a critical role in protecting tenants, ensuring their policies and programs preserve and develop housing so that it is accessible for all residents, is resilient and responsive to our changing environment, and contributes to the well-being of our communities and residents throughout its design, construction, and maintenance.
Featured Resources
Stable Rents, Rooted Communities
Rent stabilization policies are essential, common sense solutions to help address the housing crisis and keep people in their homes. This toolkit, developed by Local Progress Impact Lab in partnership with Power Switch Action, breaks down the key components of a rent stabilization policy so you can build a policy that best meets the needs of your community.
FROM HOUSE TO HOME
Local Progress’s new messaging guide provides a framework for how to discuss housing justice issues and rent stabilization based on polling, research, and messaging best practices from local electeds in our network. This introductory level guide provides sample messaging and talking points that can be used with constituents, media, and colleagues on renters rights and rent stabilization policies.
Housing Steering committee
As a membership organization, we believe our work is most impactful when it is informed and guided by members. Bringing a diverse range of expertise and local experience, our Housing Steering Committee advises and shapes our work in this area:

JEREMIAH ELLISON
Minneapolis City Council Member, MN

VANESSA FUENTES
Austin City Council Member, TX

JAMIE GAUTHIER
Philadelphia Councilmember , PA

JOBETH HAMON
Oklahoma City Council Member, OK

MICHELE HIRSCH
Kingston Alderwoman, NY

MITRA JALALI
St. Paul City Councilmember, MN

JAIME KINDER
Meadville Mayor, PA

TERESA MOSQUEDA
Seattle City Councilmember , WA

ODETTE RAMOS
Baltimore City Council Member, MD

COLBY SLEDGE
Nashville Metropolitan Councilmember, TN

KIM SMITH
Rochester City Councilmember, NY
Resources

From House to Home: A Rent Stabilization Messaging Guide

Stable Rents, Rooted Communities: A Practical Guide for Building a Local Rent Stabilization Policy




Blogs And Featured News

- News Article ▹ December 9, 2022
Housing Leadership Lab digs deep at Strategy Workshop

- Housing
- ▹ July 31, 2023
74 Local Elected Leaders Urge Federal Government to Protect Tenants

- Housing
- ▹ June 12, 2023
Minnesota local leaders strategize for the next wave of change

- Housing
- ▹ May 10, 2023