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

Court Issues Major Setback for Voting Rights in Florida

A Federal Appeals Court dealt a significant blow to Florida’s successful referendum to restore the vote to citizens convicted of felonies. This is a major setback for voting rights and will impede efforts to help formerly incarcerated individuals register in time for the 2020 election. Many states…

How to Create a Voting Plan

Many voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, November 3, with an opportunity to vote for president, senators, representatives, and numerous local positions. This year, voting will look different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a record number of votes likely being cast before Election Day…

New Voter Engagement Resources

Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, NLIHC’s non-partisan, voter and candidate engagement project recently released two new tools for engaging and supporting voters as they exercise their civic duty to vote. Voter engagement is critically important, but it may look different this year due to the pandemic.…