What would it mean for all people to be housed securely and sustainably in neighborhoods of interconnection and belonging? In A Home for All, Laura Stivers helps readers imagine a world where housing is accessible, affordable, and life-giving. Part of the Building a Moral Economy series from Fortress Press, this book equips readers for generative action toward ecological, equitable, and democratic forms of economic life that promote housing justice. The authors in the series invite us to be morally empowered, not only in seeing and envisioning new ways of being and living, but also by joining the joyful community of people from all faith traditions who are enacting and embracing a world where the Sacred fullness of life can flourish. This book guides readers into a worldview that treats economies as webs of relationship and, therefore, as moral matters subject to the call of neighbor-love and justice. It focuses on what individuals and communities are doing in response to their anger and lament at housing injustice--how they are resisting unequal neighborhoods, unsustainable sprawl development, and the commodification of housing; how they are making individual lifestyle changes to live more simply; and how they are building bridges with one another to create flourishing communities where people are both housed and at home.
Laura Stivers, PhD, is a professor of social ethics and co-chair of the Division of Public Affairs at Dominican University of California. She studies and teaches in the fields of economic, environmental, and feminist ethics. Her publications include Disrupting Homelessness: Alternative Christian Approaches (Fortress, 2011), three coauthored volumes, and numerous published articles. Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis is a theologian, pastor, author, and anti-poverty activist. She is the executive director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Rev. Dr. Theoharis has been organizing in poor and low-income communities for thirty years. Her books include We Cry Justice, We Pray Freedom, You Only Get What You're Organized to Take, and Always with Us?, and she has been published in the New York Times, Politico, the Washington Post, Sojourners, and elsewhere. Rev. Dr. Theoharis is co-pastor of the Freedom Church of the Poor, and teaches at educational institutions across the country, including Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Episcopal Divinity School, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and more.
A Home for All is both an uplifting moral challenge and a well-researched, practical guidebook for congregations who want to create a housing system that works for everyone. In a society where housing is too often regarded as a financial sector controlled by speculators and distant investors, disproportionately displacing people of color, Stivers frames access to housing as a moral and spiritual issue. Everyone who believes decent affordable housing is a human right can get inspiring ideas for action from this small book. --Betsy Leondar-Wright, former affordable housing organizer; author of Missing Class and coauthor of Is It Racist? Is it Sexist? There has never been a more important time to be part of the solution to social injustice in our country. Faith communities are essential to transforming housing policy and helping create just housing for all. In this book, congregations concerned about the housing crisis will find a treasure trove of ideas, real-life examples, and inspiration for how to participate in making housing accessible for all. Join with Stivers to figure out how to turn your love of neighbor into a social movement that helps to build a new moral economy! --Rebecca Todd Peters, professor of religious studies at Elon University, president of the Society of Christian Ethics 2025-26, and author of Trust Women: A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justice
