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
By Tia Turner, NLIHC Our Homes, Our Votes Project ManagerOur Homes, Our Votes is NLIHC's nonpartisan campaign to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as a key election issue. The campaign equips housing advocates, tenant leaders, housing providers, and direct service…
By Tia Turner, NLIHC Our Homes, Our Votes Project Manager In celebration of National Voter Education Week, NLIHC released its first-ever best practices report, Turning Renters to Voters: Lessons in Engaging Low-Income Communities. The new report documents the groundbreaking work of our pilot…
By Brendan McKalip, NLIHC Our Homes, Our Votes Intern The Climate Resilient Elections Act (H.R. 5407) is designed to ensure the resiliency of elections in the face of the worsening climate crisis. The bill requires every state that receives federal election funding to submit a continuity of…
By Brendan McKalip, NLIHC Our Homes, Our Votes Intern On September 16, 2025, NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes joins a coalition of thousands of partners across the country that will celebrate National Voter Registration Day with a coordinated democracy blitz aimed at getting every eligible…