Amid soaring rents and weakening protections for tenants, state and local governments have a critical role to play in preventing evictions. Shelterforce explores promising local initiatives working to keep families safely housed, from right-to-counsel programs for tenants to our housing resource centers in Red Hook and Harlem. “We’re providing wraparound services but in a very person-centered, holistic kind of way,” says Jessica Yager, our Senior Director of Housing Justice Initiatives.