Chris Schildt

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Chris Schildt has been advancing community-driven campaigns for housing justice and equitable development for over a decade. Schildt is currently the director of housing justice at Urban Habitat. She also serves on the board of the Berkeley Housing Authority. Before joining Urban Habitat, she worked at PolicyLink, leading anti-displacement and inclusive economic development strategies with national partners, grassroots community organizations, and local government officials.

The exterior of a large brick apartment building with many windows. Some of the windows have air-conditioning units.

Opinion

To Solve the Housing Affordability Crisis, Communities Must Confront Inequality

March 4, 2026 | Chris Schildt

Conversations on housing costs often focus on zoning rules. But two new studies say declining affordability is due far more to rising income inequality than short supply.

Policy

Pushing Opportunity Zones to Fulfill Their Promise

May 3, 2019 | Chris Brown and Chris Schildt

Some guidelines to ensure that Opportunity Zones are transformational and not transactional.