Our Homes, Our Votes

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.

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Memo to Members & Partners Articles

Celebrate Election Hero Day on November 6!

Election Hero Day (Monday, November 6) is a nonpartisan Civic Holiday that recognizes the tremendous importance of election workers and volunteers. Our democracy depends on election heroes’ hard work to make our elections safe, secure, and accessible to all. Election heroes include state and…

Vote! Because Housing is Built with Ballots

Next Tuesday, November 7, is Election Day, and voters will make their voices heard in state, local, and special elections across the country. While state and local elections typically get far less attention than presidential and congressional elections, NLIHC encourages our members and partners to…

NLIHC Joins Sign-On Letter Opposing Harmful Amendment Undermining Voting Access

NLIHC joined a sign-on letter led by the Union of Concerned Scientists urging senators to vote against an amendment to the fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bill that would undermine voter access. Amendment 1243 would bar HUD and other federal agencies from using funding to implement President…

Now Available: Resources from 10/26 Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar

Thank you to everyone who joined the second installment in our two-part Our Homes, Our Votes webinar series, Housing is Built with Ballots! The second webinar, “Housing is Built with Ballots: Organizing to Win Affordable Homes at the Ballot Box,” took place on Thursday, October 26. The webinar…