New York City’s worsening housing crisis has left more than 140,000 students without stable homes, deepening educational inequality and trapping families in cycles of hardship. Zohran Mamdani has pledged to confront this crisis head-on by expanding programs that connect homeless families with city support and by centering housing security as a core part of educational equity. His approach recognizes that stable homes are foundational to stable learning, a love overdue commitment in a city where too many children are forced to choose between survival and school.