Our Homes, Our Votes is a nonpartisan campaign to register, educate, and mobilize low-income renters and affordable housing advocates to vote. Renters, especially low-income renters, are underrepresented among voters. To build the political will for housing solutions, it is critical that organizations that work directly with low-income renters—including nonprofits, housing providers, and tenant associations—mobilize renters and other low-income people to vote.
Through this campaign, marginalized communities are able to access an array of targeted resources such as a voter and candidate engagement toolkit, voter registration information, ways to get involved with other housing justice advocates in your area, and much more!
Affordable homes are built with ballots every bit as much as they are built with bricks and drywall.
Memo to Members & Partners Articles
Representatives Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), and Nikema Williams (D-GA) reintroduced on November 21 the “Our Homes, Our Votes Act” (H.R. 10215). The bill would facilitate voter registration for residents of public and federally subsidized housing and add public housing…
The Our Homes, Our Votes campaign, a nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue, hosted the final installment of its 2024 webinar series on Monday, November 18. The webinar, “A Look Ahead: Next Steps for Nonpartisan Civic…
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 webinar series provides resources, guidance, and inspiration for organizations and individuals seeking to launch or strengthen their own nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement initiatives. The final webinar in the series, “A Look Ahead: Next Steps for Nonpartisan…
In the 2024 election cycle, housing advocates and renters led successful campaigns for state and local ballot measures to address the affordable housing and homelessness crisis. Voters across the country, in communities of all sizes and political leanings, approved ballot measures to dedicate…