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Tenant Talk Live calls/webinars provide opportunities for residents to connect with NLIHC and one another, to share best practices, and to learn how to be more involved in influencing federal housing policies and to lead in their communities. Normally held once a month, Tenant Talk Live is now being offered more frequently to inform and learn from resident and tenant leaders are organizing throughout the country.
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2024 TENANT TALK LIVE (January - June)
This schedule is subject to change.
Memo to Members and Partners Articles
By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC
The Collective is a cohort of tenant leaders from around the country who work closely with NLIHC and leverage their lived experience to elevate concerns, chart an advocacy path, and ensure that NLIHC effectively addresses the needs of low-income people and families. NLIHC…
By Gabby Ross, NLIHC
This article was adapted from an interview with Tristan Call of the Bedford County Listening Project.
Tristan Call is a community organizer for the Bedford County Listening Project, a group based in Shelbyville, Tennessee, that is dedicated to organizing renters in its…
By Gabby Ross, NLIHC, and Jessica Bellamy, Louisville Tenants Union
Three years ago, poor and working class Black tenants from across Louisville, Kentucky’s historically Black neighborhoods started writing legislation. “We were tired of waiting for our politicians to write policy that would keep…
A Tenant Organizer Shares Her Advocacy Story
By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC
This article was adapted from an interview conducted with Stephanie Winn, a tenant leader in Houston, Texas.
It was disaster – not one but two catastrophic storms – that brought tenant leader Stephanie Winn to the world of…