The Redress Movement's 2026 has been off to a busy start! We have been continuing the work of organizing with community members for justice in their neighborhoods and building the frameworks needed to build power in the face of ongoing housing inequities.
Redress’ organizing efforts, thorough research, and grassroots fundraising continue to drive our work forward, and we're excited to share what we've been up to!
Organizing Updates
Redress in Charlotte
- Organizing Training: In January, Redress neighbors in Charlotte gathered for a training that covered campaign planning, target research and analysis, one-on-one conversations, and effective actions.
- 95% Exclusive Campaign: In seeking tax breaks for a proposed multimillion-dollar biomedical district in the former Brooklyn neighborhood, from which hundreds of Black families were displaced by urban renewal in the 1960s, Atrium Health promised to include affordable housing. Now Atrium is proposing that 5% of these units are affordable, which means that 95% of the units built will be expensive, and exclusive.
The Redress Movement, along with the Brooklyn Coalition, is leading a campaign to demand that Atrium makes a larger commitment to affordable housing, and reserve 20% of the units for low-income Charlotteans. Find out more about this campaign here, and sign up to take action here.
Redress in Colorado
- On-Campus Canvassing: Redress organizers are growing the local leadership needed to sustain momentum across the Denver metro area. Redress has connected with hundreds of students at local college campuses, and are adding student voices to the demands for housing equity in 2026.
- Livable Lakewood Campaign: Redress is partnering with the Livable Lakewood Coalition, a resident-led group opposing a NIMBY-backed ballot initiative that would repeal recently-passed zoning reforms in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. Redress neighbors were critical to the successful passage of the zoning reform package, so community members are gearing up to defend that victory. To read the open letter and learn more about the Livable Lakewood Coalition, click here!
Redress in Milwaukee
Last week, Senior Campaign Organizer Sydney accepted a new role and has moved on from The Redress Movement. We are grateful for her contributions to Redress, and we are committed to keeping the movement alive in Milwaukee!
This also means that we are now accepting applications for the Senior Campaign Organizer role in Milwaukee! If you would like to learn more about this position or apply, please click here.
Redress in Omaha
Much of Redress’ work in 2026 has focused on exploring why banning discrimination against housing voucher holders is an important part of desegregating communities. Redress’s Senior Campaign Organizer, Clarice, has been working with partners across the state to defeat a bill that would ban local communities from passing laws that protect voucher holders from discrimination.
If you'd like to get in touch with Clarice and learn how you can support housing equity in Omaha in 2026, fill out this form!
Community Resources for Families Impacted by ICE
Communities across the US are no strangers to intimidation, kidnapping, murder, and racialized violence. For hundreds of years, the federal government, state governments, and local governments, as well as vigilante groups acting under their protection, regularly used these tools to enforce racial terror and segregation. We are horrified, but not surprised that federal agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) are using these tactics and again target communities of color, as well as anyone who might stand in defiance of this unlawful terror. The Redress Movement will follow the lead of our civil rights ancestors and continue to fight for the dignity, safety, and human rights of everyone in our communities.
Resources for North Carolina:
Resources for Colorado:
- Colorado Rapid Response Network
- Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
- American Friends Service Committee
- Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
Resources for Omaha:
Join Us in Powering This Movement!
In the last few years, we have all been reminded that local organizing is critical to building just and equitable futures for all. The Redress Movement seeks to bring local communities together and leverage our collective power to redress the harms of housing segregation at the local level
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Because Redress organizers live in community and organize with our neighbors, we move closer to our vision of a world where we have the reparative resources to build the flourishing communities that those most harmed by segregation want to live in.
We believe that local power leads to national change, and that Redress Neighbors like you are the backbone of our movement.
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Become a monthly donor today and Say YES to Redress!
Join Us for our Next Book Club and National Orientation!
With books being banned every day and information flooding our TVs and phones, we all know that reading is one powerful avenue for resistance. Redress neighbors from communities across the country are invited to join us for a virtual book club.
We'll come together to discuss relevant readings about housing justice and grassroots organizing as a way to foster community, share resources, and collectively resist the injustices we face. There is no requirement to have attended a prior meeting, or to come to the meeting already having read the text, as we will review the selections as a group.
RSVP for our next book club on April 23rd at 2PM Eastern below!
Join us for another Redress Orientation on Thursday, June 11th, at 7:15pm Eastern. Redress hosts orientation sessions to welcome new Redress neighbors from across the country, and to share ways for folks to get involved. If you haven't attended one yet, we'd love to see you there!
Redress & Rebuild by Design
Redress partnered with Rebuild by Design to create community and bank guides, for banks and community-based organizations to leverage the Community Reinvestment Act to
assure local infrastructures can be made more resilient as extreme weather risks continue to increase.
Redress neighbors in Denver and Charlotte contributed insight and feedback that informed the guides, and senior staffers at Redress joined Rebuild by Design's project advisory committee to create the guides. Learn more about the CRA Community & Bank Guides here!
Washington Covenant Homeownership Program Update
Our friends at the National Fair Housing Alliance recently shared their praise for a federal court ruling that upholds Washington state's Covenant Homeownership Program - a Special Purpose Credit Program designed to reduce longstanding racial injustices in homeownership. This is a significant win in the reparative policy landscape, and adds to the momentum needed to build the communities Black and Brown folks deserve to live in.
In the days following the federal court decision, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced an investigation into whether the Covenant Homeownership Program violates the Fair Housing Act. The program, specifically designed to address Washington's history of state-sanctioned housing discrimination, represents a reparative policy that provides a remedy for the harm caused by discrimination against families of color. We’ll continue to share updates, and will also continue building support for policies with similar goals in communities across the country.
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