Special Report: Housing Justice Is Reproductive Justice

We understand that the ability to parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities is a core tenet of reproductive justice, as defined by SisterSong, the first women of color reproductive justice collective. That is why we are prioritizing the human right to housing.

[Protesters marching for housing justice]

Why Losing Your Housing Is One of the Greatest Threats to Reproductive Health

Imani Gandy

How can a person parent their children in a safe and healthy environment if they don’t have stable housing?

[A young person gets food from a homeless shelter]

Trans People Are Terrified About the Trump Administration’s New Housing Rule

Carl Charles

Accessing emergency housing could depend on a person’s ability to pass a "gender test," which ultimately harms everyone experiencing housing instability.

[Photo: A group of Moms 4 Housing supporters hold a large banner that reads 'Moms 4 Housing. We Stand With Them.']

These Mothers Are Fighting for Their Families by Occupying Vacant Homes

Lizzie Tribone

The demand for shelter is a demand to keep mothers and their children together.

[People walk through the streets holding housing justice signs]

What Does Housing Justice Really Mean?

Jen Deerinwater

It means we deserve to live on stolen lands for free.

To ‘Protect’ My Kids, the State Made Me Homeless

Elizabeth Brico

Parental homelessness does not serve a child’s best interest. I'm fighting back.

[A woman and her doctor at the doctor's office]

I Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Rent or Paying for an Abortion

Katie Klabusich

We cannot fully build families and determine the direction of our own lives as long as the floor can be yanked out from underneath us.

[Photo: An illustration of a home with monetary currency in front of it and text reading

Here’s What a ‘Housing as a Human Right’ Bill Looks Like

Dennis Carter

The proposed housing program in Maryland would guard against any form of discrimination in determining who can live in the government-run units.

[Photo: Woman sitting in hospital waiting room.]

Good Practice: Medical Respite Programs Offer Homeless Patients a Place to Go

Erica Sweeney

Viral cases of "patient dumping" this year have shown that many homeless patients simply have nowhere to go after a hospital stay.

[Photo: A Black woman sits in a homeless shelter]

Housing Instability Is an Important (Yet Overlooked) Factor in the Maternal Health Crisis

Elizabeth Dawes Gay

Gentrification greatly contributes to the displacement and housing instability of people of color.

‘Evicted’: How Renters, Especially Poor Black Women, Are Locked Out

Eleanor J. Bader

Matthew Desmond compellingly focuses on the ways race, class, and gender intersect with housing loss in Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.

Special Report: Housing Justice Is Reproductive Justice

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