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
Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA) and Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced on May 25 the “Voters on the Move Registration Act,” a bill that would make it easier for low-income tenants to register to vote after changing addresses. The bill would require the Consumer Financial Protection…
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on March 3 the “For the People Act” (H.R. 1), which includes a requirement that federally supported housing providers must include voter registration documents to renters at initial lease-up and annual income recertifications. This provision will boost…
Representatives Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL) and Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) introduced on December 9 the “Our Homes Our Votes Act,” a bill that facilitates voter registration for residents of federally subsidized housing by allowing them to register to vote as they sign their lease. The bill has 18…
NLIHC will host an “After the Vote—Holding Candidates to their Promises” webinar on Thursday November 19, at 3 pm ET as part of the “Third Thursdays at Three” Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 webinar series. The November webinar will explore the importance of holding candidates to their promises after…