Housing Justice

and the Redistribution of Wealth

“No matter where we come from or where we live, we should all be able to have a safe, stable place to come home to. This is how it could be, but the way housing is set up in America, too many Black, brown, Indigenous, disabled, and low-income people have been locked out of this dream.”
- PolicyLink, Housing Futures

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“From the Civil War, to the Great Depression, to Hurricane Katrina, and the 2008 financial collapse, we have seen how recovery efforts that do not deliberately address issues facing low-income communities and communities of color only serve to reinforce existing disparities. Philadelphia leaders have an unprecedented opportunity to enact a truly equitable recovery. Now is the time to ensure that all people—regardless of race, income, or zip code—live in healthy communities of opportunity. Community leaders in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in Philadelphia are already working diligently to connect low income people of color to educational, economic, health, and housing opportunities, and these efforts must continue. To ensure that all residents are able to benefit from the recovery, leaders must implement a neighborhood revitalization model that is driven by a commitment to equity. Concerted investments in policies developed within communities of color are essential to ensure that Philadelphia’s most vulnerable populations are ready to lead it into the next economy.”

- -James A. Crowder Jr.