Housing Justice as Health Equity Collaborative
Organizing California’s health sector to win stable, dignified, deeply affordable homes as a foundation of health
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Our collective power is needed to solve California’s housing crisis.
The Housing Justice as Health Equity Collaborative is a network of organizations and community leaders from California’s health sector working to advance stable, dignified, and deeply affordable housing as a core driver of health for children, families, and communities.
California’s housing crisis is a public health crisis, with profound health effects that exacerbate racial inequities. The health sector has not yet leveraged our collective influence in housing policy. The Collaborative serves as a bridge, organizing and supporting health sector partners so we can bring greater collective impact and help win policy victories that improve the lives and health of California families. Together, we mobilize health sector organizations in solidarity with existing leadership from grassroots, BIPOC-led housing justice organizations and coalitions.
Apply for our 2026 PPH Cohort
We’re looking for partnerships composed of one health department and one community power-building organization that are committed to advancing equity and racial justice together. Apply by November 7, 2025.
We’re mobilizing to win housing justice in California by:
- Building capacity: Strengthening the ability of health organizations and community leaders to engage in state and local housing policy.
- Shifting narratives: Centering health equity and racial justice in housing stories and uplifting the voices of impacted residents.
- Mobilizing together: Joining with tenant rights and housing justice organizations to build collective power.
- Coordinating advocacy: Creating resources, advancing policy change, and amplifying the leadership of grassroots, BIPOC-led housing justice coalitions.
We’re mobilizing to win housing justice in California by:
- American University
- Boston University School of Public Health
- Capella University
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
- City University of New York
- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Colorado School of Public Health
- Drexel University
- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
- George Washington University
- Georgia State University
- Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Howard University
- Iowa State University
- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Northeastern University
- Northwestern University
- Oregon Health and Science University and Portland State University School of Public Health
- Rutgers University
- San Diego State University School of Public Health
- San Francisco State University
- San Jose State University
- Seattle University
- Tufts University
- Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- University of California Berkeley School of Public Health
- University of California Davis
- University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
- University of Central Arkansas
- University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health
- University of Iowa College of Public Health
- University of Maryland School of Public Health
- University of Michigan School of Public Health
- Wayne State University
- University of Minnesota School of Public Health
- University of Minnesota Medical School
- University of Oxford
- University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
- University of South Florida College of Public Health
- University of Southern California
- University of Victoria
- University of Washington School of Public Health
- University of Wisconsin Madison
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
We’re mobilizing to win housing justice in California by:
- Building capacity: Strengthening the ability of health organizations and community leaders to engage in state and local housing policy.
- Shifting narratives: Centering health equity and racial justice in housing stories and uplifting the voices of impacted residents.
- Mobilizing together: Joining with tenant rights and housing justice organizations to build collective power.
- Coordinating advocacy: Creating resources, advancing policy change, and amplifying the leadership of grassroots, BIPOC-led housing justice coalitions.
Collaborative Members:
Building a Container & Foundation for Health Equity Series
This highly engaging and interactive series teaches foundational health equity and racial justice frameworks and analysis, and supports teams in building the trust and container necessary to do the hard work of addressing racism and other systems of oppression in our relationships, work, and institutions. The series is built around a set of sequential stages, including foundational workshops, Community of Practice sessions, and technical assistance hours.
Customized Consulting and Training
Wherever your organization is on your health equity journey, we offer customized and heart-centered consulting and training to foster systems change, and advance targeted strategies on a wide range of topics, including narrative strategy, power mapping, and equity impact assessment. Trainings can be virtual (minimum 3 hours; up to 30 participants) or in-person (minimum half day and up to 3 consecutive days; participant size varies).
Community of Practice
Our Community of Practice (CoP) is a space where public health practitioners come together to explore, discuss, and develop shared understanding of strategies that advance health equity and racial justice. The CoP model helps participants deepen authentic relationships and “get on the same page” so they can act as meaningful partners in this work. We pair our CoP sessions with foundational workshops, technical assistance, and coaching on various topics to help public health practitioners learn new ways of being together and advance health equity more effectively.
From our partners
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Home Sick: Uncovering the Health Harms in Homes of America’s Manufactured Housing Communities
In collaboration with Manufactured Housing Action, we explored the state of housing habitability for 10 Homes of America manufactured home communities, and assessed the health impacts of these habitability issues on residents.
Corporate Wealth vs Community Health: How Corporate Landlords’ Profit-Seeking Strategies Harm Health
With the guidance of 12 housing justice and public health experts, we explored the threat that corporate landlords pose to housing conditions and public health. We build the case for public health and governmental action to counteract corporate landlords’ exacerbation of the national housing and health crisis.
