Purpose Future Fellow - Emerging Fund Manager
Mike Leyba
Co-Founder, Massachusetts Anti-Displacement Fund
Mike Leyba is working to maintain the affordability of commercial and residential real estate and support the transition of ownership and decision making into the hands of community.
Mike Leyba is working as a Purpose Futures Fund to incubate the Massachusetts Anti-Displacement Fund, which seeks to maintain affordability for commercial and residential renters in Eastern Massachusetts, while creating opportunities for community ownership. The fund would allow organized tenants and neighborhood residents to become equity stakeholders in their buildings, giving them a formal role in the governance and stewardship of the portfolio.
Originally from Los Angeles, Mike Leyba is an activist, communicator and futurist living in Boston. Mike has been active in the electoral arena and has managed campaigns for a variety of movement candidates and causes. Mike is currently Co-Director of City Life / Vida Urbana, a 48-year-old bilingual housing justice organization whose mission is to fight for racial, social and economic justice and gender equality by building working class power through direct action, coalition building, education and advocacy.