From Campus to the Capitol:  Students Confront Housing Costs and Homelessness Through Policy with Kate Rodgers
WAHNcast10 Sep 2025

From Campus to the Capitol: Students Confront Housing Costs and Homelessness Through Policy with Kate Rodgers

In this episode of WAHNcast, Angie Truitt teams up with co-hosts Megan Goyer and Britney Watson, Co-Chairs of the UNC Chapel Hill WAHN U Chapter, for a powerful conversation with Kate Rodgers, Co-Chair of the Student HOMES Coalition and recent UCLA graduate.

Kate shares how she helped launch a statewide student coalition after realizing that conversations around college affordability were leaving out one of the biggest costs students face: housing. She talks about leading advocacy campaigns as a student, building bridges across 16+ campuses, and why she believes student housing is not just a policy issue but a basic need and a human right.

Listeners will hear:

  • Why housing costs are often the biggest barrier to higher education in California

  • How students are driving real legislative change at the state level

  • What it takes to build trust and collaboration across diverse groups—from student leaders to labor unions to universities

  • Kate’s advice for emerging leaders: “If something feels a little scary or makes you feel out of your depth, that’s probably a sign you should go that direction—because that’s where you’ll learn the most.”

This is an energizing conversation about advocacy, leadership, and the next generation of housing changemakers.

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