We are urbanists, architects, and designers working with partners toward the realization of housing as a human right. Our work brings together housing advocates, academics, and people with lived experience to debate questions of housing justice and the role of architecture. Through research and convenings, we build interdisciplinary knowledge and collaborator connections and create resources to use in the fight for housing justice.

Our research takes on two central questions: “What would housing justice look like in practice?” and “How might architects contribute?” This work addresses “housers” from a range of disciplines, who might incorporate architects’ spatial expertise, and architects interested in increasing their impacts in the realm of housing justice. Our publications, exhibitions, and case studies surface urgent questions on architecture and housing justice.

Through local and international public programs and convenings, the Architecture and Housing Justice Lab brings together architects, scholars, community leaders, government officials, and people with lived experience, forging connections between housing justice and architecture.