Housing & Infrastructure
Every person has the right to safe, sustainable, and accessible housing and transportation.
Ensuring humane, affordable housing and reliable infrastructure is key to our mission of health equity. Housing and transportation access are key drivers of health and well-being. CISWH conducts community-rooted research and pilots to test rent stability and eviction-defense models. We advance policies that secure affordable homes and reliable mobility for every resident.
Through community-embedded research, co-design, and policy advocacy, we help examine opportunities to help tenants, small landlords, and unhoused people shape the budgets and bylaws that impact their lives.
Through the SURE Housing initiative, we partner with public housing authorities, community development corporations, and disability justice groups to test solutions that keep households stably housed, cut utility costs, and embed equity metrics in every stage of planning. Pilot sites pair rent support and eviction defense clinics with on-site health, mental health, and vocational services—turning “housing first” into “housing sure.”
Because mobility determines job access and community connection, we support transportation justice and programs that address first-mile/last-mile challenges locally and globally. By uniting data, lived experience, and strategic training, CISWH examines opportunities for turning housing and infrastructure into a public health intervention.
Together with community partners, we are building the collective power needed to ensure that every resident—regardless of income, disability, language, or ZIP code—can thrive in a safe, inclusive, and sustainable home and neighborhood.
