Housing, particularly when it constitutes a home, is the cornerstone of our social, economic, and emotional lives. Having a roof over one’s head epitomizes stability and security for an individual as well as their family. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, housing has taken on a whole new level of importance: as governments across the globe have periodically imposed lockdowns, the house has not only functioned as a home but for many, has also become their workplace. Moreover, often where this conversion was not possible, it has exacerbated the pre-pandemic economic inequalities as it has placed a heavier burden on those not able to work. Perhaps even more concerningly, for some people, staying in their homes has made them even more susceptible to the health consequences of the pandemic; research has shown that the virus is more easily spread between people in dense indoor living conditions.1 In places like Kampala, Uganda, it is estimated that 71% of the urban population together in one room2 and about two-thirds of Nairobi’s population lives on just 6% of its land.3 This is not even to speak of the poor sanitary conditions in some of the settlements, which made twenty-second handwashing, still one of the most effective preventive mechanisms against the transmission of COVID-19, nearly impossible. As such, access to affordable and adequate housing is increasingly being recognized not only a necessity, but rather as a fundamental human right.