The Connection

2026 Housing Policy Forum is Less than a Month Away

Feb 20, 2026

Seize the chance to unite with passionate advocates, organizers, community leaders, and housing influencers who are rallying to make housing justice happen! 

Join us for an array of conversations and insights, with featured speakers:  

  • Bakari Sellers, Renowned Author and Civil Rights Activist
  • Brian Goldstone, Journalist and Author 

Breakout sessions on topics such as:  

  • Higher Ground: Disaster Related Organizing at the State and Local Levels
  • From the Ground Up: Building Political Will Amid Federal Disarray
  • Meeting the Movement: Strategizing to Protect and Expand Proven Housing Solutions
  • Collective Voices: Leading with Lived Expertise
  • Power: Use It or Lose It 

Celebrate outstanding individual and resident leaders and organizations who have contributed to changing the landscape of affordable housing:  

  • Congressional Public Housing Caucus
  • Shirley Sherrod
  • Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) Coalition 
  • Kennetha Patterson 
  • Linda Lee Soderstrom 

Register for The Annual Leadership Awards Reception 

We hope you’ll join us in making your voice heard in the fight to achieve racial, socially equitable, and sustainable affordable housing for the lowest-income people!