Housing is a Human Right

There are four times as many empty homes in Oakland as there are people without homes.

Some of these people are children.

No one should be homeless when homes are sitting empty. Housing is a human right. Moms 4 Housing are uniting mothers, neighbors and friends to reclaim housing for the Oakland community from the big banks and real estate speculators.

Moms 4 Housing is a collective of homeless and marginally housed mothers. Before we found each other, we felt alone in this struggle. But there are thousands of others like us here in Oakland and all across the Bay Area. We are coming together with the ultimate goal of reclaiming housing for the community from speculators and profiteers.

We are mothers, we are workers, we are human beings, and we deserve housing. Our children deserve housing. Housing is a human right.

We envision a world where every mother has the resources, support, and community necessary to secure a safe and nurturing home. We believe that when moms thrive, communities flourish. Together, we can break the cycle of homelessness and create lasting change for generations to come.

OUR VISION

Creating a pathway for families to flourish

Celebrating Our Impact

Supporting Our Neighbors

Our free organic produce markets provide healthy produce to our neighbors and community. We love giving back to our community.

Nurturing Our Children

We offer a lifeline to unhoused moms and their children by offering a transitional housing program that spans two critical years and includes financial education, a nurturing atmosphere of accountability, and a clear path from financial struggle to long-term stability.

Knowledge
Sharing

Through organizing and community engagement, we raise awareness and grow networks of support from residents who can advocate for the change they want in their neighborhoods. People-power is critical to bringing about change. It also strengthens our network and collective impact in the fight for housing justice.

Advocacy and Policy Creation

We are dedicated to serving our community through advocacy and policy initiatives. In collaboration with stakeholders, we helped pass measures that protect renters and expand access to affordable housing. Our work inspires local and state legislation to stop speculation in California.

Nonviolent Direct Action

Our organization continues to utilize nonviolent direct action as a tool to address housing insecurity and instability.

Housing is a Human Right!

We fought for a home...
and started a movement.

Our Partners

  • Oakland Community Land Trust

    OakCLT’s mission is to expand and preserve housing and economic development for communities of color, and low-income residents of Oakland

    We partner with OakCLT to ensure that “Mom's House” remains permanently affordable for formerly unhoused mothers and their babies.

  • Rising Sun Center for Opportunity

    Rising Sun works to train women and men for construction careers.

    We partner with them to place students in need of housing into our transitional housing program.

  • Samuel Merritt University

    Addressing pressing health disparities and healthcare worker shortages in underserved areas, SMU educates future healthcare workers.

    We partner with SMU by raising funds to support students pursuing nursing degrees who have been impacted by homelessness and housing insecurity. The scholarships have a particular focus on addressing social determinants of health and health disparities in Oakland.

  • Deep Medicine Circle

    Deep Medicine Circle (DMC) is an organization of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working together to heal the wounds of colonialism through food, medicine, storytelling, restoration, and learning. Through a radical and practice approach to the food system, DMC is innovating a model based on care called “Farming is Medicine”.

    We work with DMC to distribute healthy healing produce throughout our communities. 

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