Helen Cruz and Jesse Rabinowitz, National Homelessness Law Center, speak at the Johnson v. Grants Pass Supreme Court Rally on April 22, 2024. Despite having no safe shelter alternatives, Grants Pass charged Helen over $6,000 in fines and tickets for sleeping outside when she could no longer afford her apartment. Photo by Alexandra Charitan.
Housing Justice Narrative Change
To repair racial injustice embedded in our housing system and achieve structural change, it is crucial to shift the narrative so that more people recognize housing as a basic need, not a commodity, and understand its connection to all areas of opportunity—health, education, the environment, and beyond.​ Narrative power is the ability to create meaning at scale.*
The Fund for Housing and Opportunity supports strategists, organizers, storytellers, and coalitions working to build the durable narrative infrastructure to transform our housing landscape and sustain progress.​​​​
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FHO Narrative Change grantee partners have reached over 150 million people, moving them to see housing as a basic need and understand the root causes of homelessness.
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Want to learn more?
Contact FHO Narrative Strategist Christina Ostmeyer.