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

Announcing the 2026 Our Homes, Our Votes Mini-Grant Award Recipients

By Tia Turner, NLIHC Project Manager, Our Homes, Our Votes NLIHC is pleased to announce the award recipients of the Our Homes, Our Votes 2026 Mini-Grant Program. This year, the newly launched program saw tremendous interest from the field, with applications submitted by organizations working…

Our Homes, Our Votes Mini-Grant Application Cycle Now Closed!

By Tia Turner, NLIHC Project Manager, Our Homes, Our Votes  Applications for Our Homes, Our Votes’ first-ever mini-grant program are now officially closed. We are excited to share that we received more than 80 applications from organizations across the country committed to expanding civic…

Application Deadline for Our Homes, Our Votes Mini-Grant Program Extended!

By Tia Turner, NLIHC Project Manager, Our Homes, Our Votes The application deadline for Our Homes, Our Votes’ (OHOV) first-ever mini-grant program has been extended to Friday, November 14, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET.OHOV is NLIHC's nonpartisan campaign to boost voter turnout among low-income…