High housing costs have been found to drive increased rates of homelessness. Ensure that people without homes have the housing and services they need—especially in places where housing is crowded, unstable or difficult to afford.

Expand the range of affordable housing in places where housing costs are high.

Protect renters and other residents who might be forced to accept crowded conditions or make other unhealthy tradeoffs to pay for housing or who are at risk of being displaced.

Ensure that people have pathways and training to good jobs that allow them to afford safe, stable, uncrowded housing and healthy lives.

Preserve and improve existing housing to ensure that that all residents have healthy, uncrowded housing, and that affordable housing stays affordable. Preserving housing is far less expensive than building new housing.

Ensure that individuals and families have access to safe, affordable, high-quality housing during public health and climate emergencies.

Help families build and maintain wealth so that they can afford safe, stable, uncrowded housing and healthy lives, and save for their futures and children.

Help lift whole communities economically, so they can afford safe, stable, uncrowded housing and healthy lives.

Raise workplace standards and wages to ensure that workers have jobs that allow them to afford safe, stable, uncrowded housing and healthy lives.