Kayla Miranda is a housing justice organizer and resident advocate based in San Antonio’s Westside. A resident of the historic Alazan-Apache Courts, she organizes from lived experience, centering the voices of public housing residents in local and national conversations about housing policy.
She serves as Director of the Coalition for Tenant Justice, an impacted-led collective advancing tenant rights, anti-displacement efforts and long-term housing stability for low-income families. Her work focuses on preventing gentrification, strengthening tenant protections and ensuring residents have a meaningful role in decisions that affect their communities.
Miranda has contributed to key city initiatives, including the Strategic Housing Implementation Plan (SHIP), the Right to Counsel Steering Committee and the 2022 Housing Bond Committee. She has also served on the Building Standards Board.
Nationally, she represents the South in leadership with Homes for All/Right to the City, serves on the Homes for All National Governance Committee and helped launch the International Transformative Organizing School. A graduate of the Texas Housers Academy and recipient of the 2024 Texas Housers Award, Miranda also writes for La Voz de Esperanza and is involved with Escuelita de Paz y Justicia.
Grounded in community and guided by lived experience, she remains committed to advancing housing justice and protecting the dignity of working families.