It’s becoming increasingly hard to find a housing justice organizer who hasn’t been to Vienna or extolled the virtues of its social housing sector, and wants to do something similar in the United States.

What’s harder to find is a political strategy to achieve as much. That, however, may be starting to take shape in some states through the organizing, narrative change, policy, and institution-building work of housing justice coalitions as they expand upon their grassroots organizing to build allies, resources, and power.

The lessons from these organizers are developing, and a strategy is progressively emerging, whether recognized or not.

Read the full article, written by Director of Human Rights Based Development at Partners for Dignity & Rights Peter Sabonis, on Nonprofit Quarterly.