Expand affordable housing to fight homelessness
Grassroots

Public-Private Partnerships & Community Projects

Forge partnerships with businesses, philanthropies, and community groups to quickly expand housing solutions.

Organize cross-sector coalitions that bring new capital, land, and operational capacity into affordable housing work. Build projects with community partners and mechanisms like land trusts to create permanently affordable homes. Use collaboration to move faster than public programs alone while keeping delivery aligned to community needs and long-term affordability.

Why this works

  • Taps additional funding and innovation (e.g.
  • modular housing, 3D-printed homes).
  • Less red tape than government projects, potentially faster deployment.

Families USA

Advocacy
familiesusa.org

Voice for health care consumers

Families USA is a leading national nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to achieving high-quality, affordable health care and improved health for all Americans. Founded in 1981, Families USA amplifies the voices of health care consumers in policy debates:. It played a key role in shaping and defending the Affordable Care Act and continues to push for expanding coverage, lowering health costs, and addressing health equity.

Mechanism

How Families USA uses funding

About Grassroots
  1. Recruit anchor partners and align them around a shared housing objective.
  2. Identify near-term projects that can launch quickly and build credibility.
  3. Set roles, governance, and community accountability so partners do not drift.
  4. Pool flexible capital to cover gaps that public funding cannot address quickly.
  5. Publish progress updates and iterate the portfolio as projects complete or stall.

Partner notes

Partner notes coming soon.