HouseUS supports tenant organizing and tenant power as a pathway towards achieving safe, accessible, and permanently affordable homes for all.
Connecting:
Together we can create a visionary housing policy that adopts a people-centered perspective, making it possible for everyone to have access to stable housing regardless of their identity as a tenant or homeowner.
– South Carolina Housing Justice
HouseUS is a pooled fund that supports tenant power, tenant-led campaigns, and a national movement for housing justice that centers the strategic leadership of tenants.
We address the root causes of housing inequality by supporting tenant organizing, movement capacity building, and strengthening the housing justice ecosystem.
Providing funding for tenant organizing at the local and state levels, as well as policy and political capacities needed to support a tenant-led federal campaign.
Meeting cross-organizational needs for research, communications support, and policy development among housing justice groups.
Strengthening the housing justice ecosystem by connecting tenants across networks and geographies and mobilizing funders to support tenant organizing.