Alex Kempler (she/they) is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at The Ohio State University. She is broadly interested in urban and community sociology, social movements, and housing sociology. Her research examines how community members, such as housing insecure, unhoused individuals, and activists, mobilize for housing rights. Her dissertation will explore the resurgence of encampments on the West Coast, focusing specifically on the “Stop the Sweeps Movement” in Los Angeles and Seattle. Other work looks at housing rights and policy more broadly, examining topics like the evolution of eviction policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and housing policy changes related to the Violence Against Women Act.