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
Affordable Housing Mentioned in Democratic & Republican Party Platforms
THE RECENTLY ADOPTED DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 2020 PLATFORM AND THE PLATFORM APPROVED BY REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE IN 2020 BOTH ADDRESS HOUSING. THEIR APPROACHES TO SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE…
Voting Laws in your Own State
One of the most significant barriers to voting is the wide variation in laws by state. Laws change from year to year, and people move from one state to another. And many fist-time voters have never interacted with their state’s voting laws. Because many voting laws…
Voter Engagement Resources
AS YOU ARE PLANNING VOTER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THIS ELECTION SEASON, ACCESS THE MANY FREE, ONLINE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. SELECTED RESOURCES ARE OUTLINED BELOW, INCLUDING SOME WITH HELPFUL STATE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION.
Bolder Advocacy, an…
Why Affordable Housing Groups Should Engage in the Election
Affordable homes are built with bricks and dry wall. They are also built with ballots. Yet low-income renters turn out to vote at much lower rates than homeowners. In turn, federal housing policies favor homeownership: only 1 in 4…