DSA Housing Justice Commission ( ) Fighting to organize tenants, cancel rent, and stop evictions.Terry Taplin ( ) For Fair Housing, Green Transportation, Climate Resilience, & a just economic recovery.California YIMBY ( ) An advocacy organization working to pass legislation to end CA’s housing shortage by empowering and growing the YIMBY movement.Jimmy Gastner ( ) Community Engagement Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.Housing Advisory Group ( ) National advocacy group for affordable housing.Tech 4 Housing ( ) Organizing the tech community to advocate for affordable, sustainable and equitable cities.Elayne Weiss ( ) Affordable housing enthusiast.Vicki Been ( ) Deputy Mayor of Housing and Economic Development for New York City.RuthAnne Visnauskas ( ) Commissioner, New York State Homes and Community Renewal.Ryan Hickey ( ) Housing organizer in NYC.National Low Income Housing Coalition ( ) Dedicated to achieving public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes in the US have affordable homes.Abigail Santos ( ) Affordable housing and community development advocate.Joy Moses ( ) Director of the Homeless Research Institute at the National Alliance to End Homelessness.City Life / Vida Urbana ( ) Community organization promoting tenant rights and preventing housing displacement.Alissa Walker ( ) Urbanism editor at Curbed.Alexandria Lafci ( ) Co-Founder of New Story Charity.Preservation of Affordable Housing ( ) A national nonprofit whose mission is to preserve, create, and sustain affordable, healthy homes.Jenny Schuetz ( ) Fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings.Conor Dougherty ( ) Author of Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America.Dan Emmanuel ( ) Senior Research Analyst at National Low Income Housing Coalition.Ahmad Abu-Khalaf ( ) Senior Research Analyst at Enterprise Community Partners.Citizens’ Housing & Planning Association ( ) Encouraging the production and preservation of housing that is affordable to low-income families and individuals.Matthew Desmond ( ) Author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.With the heightened awareness of and the growing need for affordable housing in our communities, we’re sharing a list of some of our favorite thought leaders in the space. More than half of new projects launched on coUrbanize over the past 6 months have included an affordable housing component. Policy groups and developers alike are being tasked with addressing the overwhelming need for safe, quality affordable housing. We’re in the midst of a housing crisis that has only been amplified by the pandemic.