Agency is key to economic mobility. And more than two years into a global pandemic that has caused devastating health impacts, upended local economies, social norms and a sense of well-being, the importance of creating genuine opportunities to return agency to affordable housing residents has never been more important.

As affordable housing providers around the country take steps to amplify resident voice, a new resource from Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future, “Measuring Resident Agency and Voice in an Affordable Housing Setting: A Set of Guiding Questions to Move Forward,” outlines practices to assist organizations with measuring policies and approaches that support resident agency while also building off measures many are already gathering.