About - Housing Now! California

WHO WE ARE

Launched in the spring of 2017, Housing NOW! California is a broad and diverse movement building power to make housing affordable and to combat the displacement crisis that is disproportionately impacting working class communities of color. Our coalition has grown to over 150 organizations and has mobilized 1000 grassroots leaders from across the state. Led by tenants, Housing Now! includes allied landlords, realtors, and dozens of community, faith and labor organizations. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to live in a safe, healthy, affordable home.

 

OUR VALUES

 

We believe that housing is for people, not for profit

We should not prioritize corporate landlord’s profit over the rights of our families to keep a roof over their head

We believe that solutions must be led by those most affected

Low-income and communities of color that have been victims of housing instability due to racist housing policy

We believe that housing policy must prioritize those most in need first

Domestic violence victims, formerly incarcerated people, veterans, those currently or at risk of homelessness, Section 8 tenants, people with mental health issues, people with substance abuse issues, and other vulnerable communities

 

     
 

ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS

 

STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS

Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) • AFSCME Local 3299 • Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) • California Alliance of Retired Americans (CARA) • California Coalition for Rural Housing • California Democratic Renter Council • California Calls • California High School Democrats • California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ) • California LGBT Arts Alliance • California LULAC • California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC) • California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) Foundation • Courage Campaign • Gamaliel California • Housing California • Manufactured Housing Action (MH Action) • National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter • NextGen Policy • PICO California • PolicyLink • Power California • Property Owners for Fair and Affordable Housing (POFAH) • Public Advocates • TransForm • UAW 2865 • Unidos US • Western Center on Law & Poverty

 

LOCAL & REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

ACLU of Southern California • AHRI for Justice • Alameda Renters Coalition • Alliance for Community Transit (ACT-LA) • Anti-Eviction Mapping Project • Associated Students, UC Davis • Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII) • Bend The Arc- San Luis Obispo • Bend the Arc - Southern California • Causa Justa Just Cause (CJJC) • Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) • Central Valley Empowerment Alliance, Inc • Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (CCED) • Chispa • Choices Person Centered Services • City Heights Community Development Corporation • Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) • Clinica Romero • Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) • Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto • Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (COPE) • Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO) • Crenshaw Subway Coalition • Democratic Socialists of America-Chico • Democratic Socialists of America-East Bay • Democratic Socialists of America-Los Angeles • Democratic Socialists of America-Merced & Mariposa • Democratic Socialists of America-Sacramento • Democratic Socialists of America-San Diego • Democratic Socialists of America-Santa Barbara • East Area Progressive Democrats • East Bay Housing Organization (EBHO) • Ensuring Opportunity Campaign to End Poverty in Contra Costa County • Employee Rights Center • Eviction Defense Collaborative • Eviction Defense Network • Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California • Fairfax Gardens Tenant Association • Faith in Bay Action • Faith in the Valley • Fannie Lou Hamer Institute • Glad Tidings Church • Glendale Tenants Union • Glenview Area Groups for Action • HEART LA • Housing Advocates • Housing Is a Human Right • Housing Long Beach • Housing Rights Committee San Francisco • Inland Congregations United for Change • Inland Empire for Our Revolution • Inland Equity Partnership • Inner City Law Center • InnerCity Struggle (ICS) • Institute of the Black World 21st Century • Kennedy Commission • Korean Resource Center (KRC) • Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA) • LA Center for Community Law & Action (LACCLA) • LA Forward • LA VOICE (PICO Affiliate) • Latino Equality Alliance • Latinos United for a New America (LUNA) • Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability • Legal Aid of Sonoma County • Long Beach Residents Empowered (LiBRE) • Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA-CAN) • Los Angeles Human Rights Collective • Los Angeles Tenants Union (LATU) • Mayavision • Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) • Monument Impact • National Council of Jewish Women- LA • National Lawyers Guild - Los Angeles (NLG-LA) • Neighborhood Legal Services of LA County • North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP) • Northern California Land Trust • One Redwood City • Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD) • Orange County Congregation Community Organization (OCCCO) • Organize Sacramento • Parable of the Sower Intentional Community Coop • Pasadena Tenants Union • People Acting in Community Together (PACT) • People for Mobility Justice • People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER) • Pomona United for Stable Housing (PUSH Coalition) • Pray For Oakland • Presbytery of San Jose • Progressive Asian Network for Action (PANA) • Public Counsel • Public Interest Law Project • Resistance Labs • Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness • Sacramento Housing Alliance • Sacred Heart Community Service • San Diego Organizing Project • San Francisco Community Land Trust (SFCLT) • San Francisco Tenants Union (SFTU) • SEIU-USWW • SEIU Local 221 • SEIU Local 1021 • SEIU Local 2015 • Service and Justice Committee of the Davis United Methodist Church • Sierra Business Council • Silicon Valley DSA • Social Security Works • Socialist Alternative - Los Angeles • Sonoma Valley Housing Group • South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN) • Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE) • Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Bay Area • Tenderloin Housing Clinic • Thai Community Development Center • The Future Left • The Kelsey • The Women's Building • TODCO • TODEC Legal Center • Trans & Nonbinary Housing Collective • UC Davis Bulosan Center • UFCW Local 135 • Union de Vecinos • United Taxi Workers of San Diego (UTWSD) • United Teachers Los Ange les (UTLA) • University Council-American Federation of Teachers • University of California Student Association • Uplift Inglewood • Urban Habitat • Viet Rise • Women's Empowerment •