Organizer Awards
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Blazing a new trail for housing justice: A Q&A with New York City’s Right to Counsel Coalition
By Isaiah Milbauer, NLIHC Field Intern New York City eviction proceedings have long been a tale of the powerful versus the powerless. Historically, renters hardly ever receive legal representation in eviction court proceedings, but landlords almost always do. (And this is true in housing courts everywhere across the country!) As a direct result of tenants Continue reading
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Growing Up With and Without Housing Assistance: The Backstory Behind Rachel Robinson’s Advocacy
Rachel Robinson is the social media director and housing advocate adviser at Neighbors United for Progress (NUP) located in Austin, Texas. NUP is an active resident-driven community leadership development project that was nominated for NLIHC’s 2017 Organizer Award. Rachel credits her success at NUP and her drive to fight for people with the lowest incomes… Continue reading
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Spotlight on Over-the-Rhine Community Housing, NLIHC’s 2017 Organizing Award Nominee
Over-the-Rhine Community Housing is a 2017 NLIHC Organizing Award nominee. Executive Director Mary Burke Rivers shares the organization’s endeavors so far and future plans for the summer. Continue reading
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Continuing the Fight on the Local Level: Views from NLIHC Organizing Award Recipients
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) awarded its annual Organizing Award to the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH) and the East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) during its “2017 Housing Policy Forum: Advancing Solutions in a Changing Landscape” on April 3. NPH and EBHO are honored to be recognized by NLIHC for our… Continue reading
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2017 Organizing Award Nominees Series
Each year NLIHC recognizes outstanding achievement in state, local and resident organizing activity through its Organizing Award, presented at our Housing Policy Forum in April. Organizing Award nominees have engaged in work that furthers NLIHC’s mission of achieving socially just public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes in America have affordable and decent… Continue reading
On the Home Front 