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The SAVE Act and Housing Justice: Why Voter Access Matters to Renters
by Hannah Botts and Tia Turner The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act claims to protect the integrity of U.S. elections. However, it proposes harmful restrictions that would disenfranchise many of the very communities already pushed to the margins of our democracy, particularly low-income renters, tribal communities, and young people in rural areas. Rather than Continue reading
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Affording Your Housing: A Renter’s Perspective on the 30% Rule
by Vandeka Rodgers When I entered the rental market as a young adult, I chose to value the necessities and wants I hoped to experience as a child. That includes washer and dryer, dish washer, my own room, and a two-story house. Within the first seven months of living on my own I realized that Continue reading
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5 Ways We Involve Tenants in Our Work
How are tenants involved in NLIHC’s fight for housing justice? A better question is: how are tenants not involved? In our last post, tenant advocate Miracle Fletcher wrote about her experience attending NLIHC’s second annual Collective Retreat at the Resora in Albany, Georgia, last October. Made up of tenant leaders from around the country, the Continue reading
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Reflections on Four Days at the Resora
By Miracle Fletcher NLIHC convened its second annual Collective Retreat on October 6-9 in Albany, Georgia. This year, NLIHC staff and members of the Collective – a group or tenant leaders from across the nation – returned to the sacred grounds of the Resora on Cypress Pond, a property of New Communities, which was founded Continue reading
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Leading from “The Gut”: A Tenant Testimony
By: Deanna Nagle If I had a nickel for every time advocacy groups (that I needed help from) encouraged me to “show up” or “speak up and make my voice heard” at one event or another, I’d have had enough silver coins to roll up and pay market rent for a year. No lie. So Continue reading
On the Home Front 