People’s Housing Coalition is a network of people centered in greater Portland, Maine who believe that housing is a human right. Our mission is to destigmatize, decriminalize, and end homelessness. We work towards our mission by organizing as many people as possible-- in mutual aid projects that build solidarity and make our conditions more survivable; and in political projects that expose and overcome the interlocking oppressions of racism, policing and incarceration, misogyny, settler colonialism, our failing child protective and mental health systems, the overdose crisis, and how all that contributes to what we call homelessness.Our work is led by unhoused peers currently living in shelters, couch surfing, camping out or experiencing chronic housing insecurity, and we welcome the participation of everyone who shares our goals and values. Our people are dying on the streets at unprecedented and underreported rates every day that we aren’t changing policies. We didn’t create the systems that are killing us. But we have a vision for Maine and the world where homelessness, isolation, and policing are replaced with safe, affordable housing for all, community care, and solidarity-- and we plan to make it happen.