advocacy
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Join Organizations Across the Nation To Make Housing an Election Issue!
The conventions are over. Candidates up and down the ballot are out on the campaign trail making promises and asking for votes. Let’s join forces to make sure that affordable housing is on their agenda. Please join NLIHC, Make Room, and organizations across the nation to send 1 million messages to Congress to get housing Continue reading
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NLIHC’s Advocacy Guide for the Election Season
Over the next few months, affordable housing and community development organizations have an opportunity to influence a number of critical issues before Congress and to help break through the noise of the Presidential campaigns to make affordable housing an election issue. This summer and fall, Congress will be in their home districts and states between Continue reading
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Congress at Home, Advocates Should Urge Action in Fall
Will you be meeting with you representatives this month while they are in district? Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are on recess during the month of August, resuming legislative business on Monday, September 8. While they are in their home districts and with most House Members and 27 Senators seeking reelection Continue reading
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Project Spotlight: State Housing Profiles
How many renters in my state are extremely low income (ELI)? What is the total shortage of affordable and available units for ELI renters, and where in my state is that shortage the worst? Which renter households face the greatest housing cost burden? What is my state’s 2014 Housing Wage? Advocates can find these answers Continue reading
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Membership Monday: NLIHC Publications for Every Type of Advocate!
Over the past 40 years, NLIHC’s robust network of organizational and individual members has sustained our efforts not just through financial support, but by building our far reaching advocacy base. We are proud that our growing field of members reflects the broad range of advocates working on housing issues in communities across the country. NLIHC Continue reading
On the Home Front 