Housing Justice Collective logo. Line drawing of a house on a green background.
Housing Justice Collective logo. Line drawing of a house on a green background.
Housing Justice Collective logo. Line drawing of a house on a green background.
Housing Justice Collective logo. Line drawing of a house on a green background.

Housing
Justice Collective

Housing
Justice Collective

Transforming systems.
Rooted in community.

Transforming systems.
Rooted in community.

We work with communities, systems, and the people most impacted to shift power and create lasting change.

A diverse group of five smiling people standing closely together at a conference or seminar in a room with chairs and a patterned carpet. A presentation screen is visible in the background.
Group of twelve diverse young adults sitting and standing around a conference table in a meeting room, smiling and looking at the camera.
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What We Do

Strategy
Strategy
Coaching
Policy Design
Facilitation
Tool & Resource Design
Implementation

Over
$1.28 million

in compensation distributed to people with lived experience to support them in leading and contributing to the
work that matters to them

‍ Who We Work With‍

City, County & Regional Housing Networks
Youth Action Boards & Lived-Experience Coalitions
Community-based Organizations & Nonprofits
Public Systems & Government Agencies
Foundations & Funding Partners
Policy & Systems-Change Research Centers
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A group of diverse people smiling and taking a selfie indoors with wooden paneling on the wall behind them.
A woman sitting at a table with a laptop, gesturing with her right hand, during a discussion or presentation.
Two people sitting next to each other, laughing in a casual work environment.
Two people sitting next to each other, laughing in a casual work environment.
A woman presents data on a chart titled 'Families' in a room with large windows, while another person sits and listens attentively.

Working with Housing Justice Collective feels different because the relationships are real. They do not approach this work as transactional. They take the time to understand the whole person, not just the project, and they follow through. That consistency builds trust, and that trust turns into real partnership. They meet people where they are and create space for folks to step into their own power, not just participate.

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LaQuita Love-Limo
Stable Housing is the Priority (SHIP)

Meet the Team

  • A smiling woman with braided hair, wearing earrings and a denim jacket, against a yellow background.

    Josephine Pufpaff

    (she/her)
    Josephine Pufpaff is a housing justice strategist, facilitator, and systems-change leader with over 20 years advancing equitable homeless systems redesign, racial equity implementation, participatory research, and state and federal housing policy reform. She lives with her family in Minnesota.

  • Smiling man with long dark hair and a goatee, wearing a light-colored shirt, against a green background.

    Kevin Solarte

    (he/him)
    Kevin is a systems strategist and policy analyst advancing initiatives in homelessness, housing, child welfare, and domestic violence. He served at HUD on youth homelessness and housing policy, holds social work degrees, and lives in New York City.

  • A woman with curly brown hair and fair skin, wearing a sleeveless white top, standing against a solid light brown background.

    Niki Paul

    (she/her)
    Niki Paul is a project manager, community facilitator, and strategic organizational leader who approaches her work with intention, collaboration, and care for the people involved in every effort. She shares her time between Austin, TX and Berkeley, CA.

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    Rivianna Hyatt

    (they/them)
    Rivianna has been power building alongside people with lived experience for over 10 years at HJC, the National Youth Forum on Homelessness, True Colors United, and the LA LGBT Center. They reside in Brooklyn, NY.

  • A smiling person with short gray hair, glasses, and a white collared shirt against a blue background.

    Sarah Hunter

    (she/her)
    Sarah Hunter is a big-picture strategist with experience at the local and federal levels. She looks across all the moving parts of a system or community, and turns them into collective, values-based vision.