In a landscape where systemic barriers too often define the trajectory of justice-impacted individuals, Leslie Credle is charting a different course. As the Founder and Executive Director of Justice 4 Housing, Credle has built a grassroots movement rooted in lived experience, participatory advocacy, and an unwavering belief that housing is a human right–not a privilege determined by one’s past.

Justice 4 Housing was born from Credle’s own journey through the criminal legal system. Having experienced firsthand the compounding barriers that justice-impacted individuals face when seeking stable housing, Credle identified a gap that policy alone could not address.