Together with the local nonprofit United Renters for Justice, Anderson began lobbying for the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) —a proposed ordinance under city council consideration that she believes would help prevent companies like HavenBrook from buying and neglecting the city's dwindling supply of affordable housing. For tenants who can't afford to buy their home, the policy would allow them to assign their purchasing rights to a third party vetted by the city, ostensibly reducing the likelihood of a slumlord or hedge fund swooping in to buy it. Lawmakers hope the ordinance would help curb displacement and provide more young people and residents of color—two groups increasingly shut out of homeownership—a path to buy homes, or at least give them some say in picking a new landlord.