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NLIHC Organizing Awards
2026 Organizing Awards
On March 12, 2026, NLIHC will honor our 2026 Organizing Awards recipients. Held on the second day of the NLIHC Housing Policy Forum 2026, NLIHC's Organizing Awards recognize outstanding achievements in statewide, regional, citywide, neighborhood, or resident organizing that further NLIHC’s mission of ensuring that people with the lowest incomes have quality homes that are accessible and affordable in communities of their choice.
Now Accepting Nominations
Nominations can be submitted here and are due by 5:00 pm ET on Monday, January 12, 2026.
An Organizing Awards Committee composed of NLIHC board members and previous award winners will determine the 2026 honorees. NLIHC will provide two representatives of each honored organization with complimentary Forum registrations and lodging for the 2026 Policy Forum.
Criteria:
- Nominated organizations must be current NLIHC members by Friday, January 9, 2026.
- Organizations may self-nominate.
- NLIHC board members and Award Committee members may not nominate an organization with which they are employed or affiliated.
For questions or to check an organization’s membership status, please reach out to the NLIHC Field Team at [email protected].Celebrate the Organizing Awards by making a donation to NLIHC in its honor!
Your contribution will support NLIHC’s mission to achieve racially and socially equitable public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes have quality homes that are accessible and affordable in communities of their choice.
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Past Awardees
NLIHC celebrates the invaluable contributions and work of current and past awardees, to advance housing justice for all.
Past Awardees:
Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness, 2025
Memphis Tenants Union, 2025
Illinois Coalition for Fair Housing, 2023
Miami Workers Center, 2023
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance, 2022
Housing Equity Now St. Paul, 2022
Oklahoma Coalition for Affordable Housing, 2021
Housing Justice League (Atlanta, GA), 2021
Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, 2020
Just Housing Initiative (Cook County, Illinois), 2020
Mutual Housing California, 2019
Texas Housers, 2019
Right to Counsel NYC Coalition, 2018
Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council shared with Empower Missouri (St. Louis), 2018
East Bay Housing Organizations (Oakland), 2017
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development (District of Columbia), 2016
Questions? Contact [email protected]