Let’s build on our success in Atlanta and ensure the presidential debate moderators in Los Angeles ask the candidates – again! - about their proposed solutions to the housing crisis facing millions! Join NLIHC and Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 partners on Tuesday, December 17 at 2:00 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT/ 12 p.m. MT/ 11 a.m. PT) for a tweetstorm urging the debate moderators to ask about affordable housing!
Thanks to all of our advocacy, for the first time in memory – if not in history – a moderator in a presidential debate asked candidates for their solutions to the nation’s housing affordability crisis. During the November 20 debate in Atlanta, GA, NBC News White House Correspondent Kristen Welker, asked: “Millions of Americans are finding that housing has become unaffordable. . . . Why are you the best person to fix this problem?” Three candidates - Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker – responded!
On December 19, seven candidates will take the stage for the sixth Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles. Most of the candidates participating in the debate have released plans or proposals to address the nation’s growing housing affordability crisis. Join the #OurHomesOurVotes2020 tweetstorm at 2:00 p.m. ET on December 17 to encourage the candidates to discuss their affordable housing plans and to urge the debate moderators to ask a question on affordable housing during the nationally televised event.
NLIHC sent a letter—signed by over 1,000 organizations—to the PBS and Politico debate moderators calling for them to ask a question on one of the most pressing issues facing millions of voters – the growing lack of affordable homes. Read more here – and reference the letter in your tweets during the tweetstorm!
Sample images to be used in your tweets can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/w4dbcvf
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Sample tweets are listed here:
.@IAmAmnaNawaz #DYK that 8 in 10 people in the U.S. think the pres. & Congress should take major action to make housing more affordable for low-income households? What would the candidates do as president? #DemDebates #OurHomesOurVotes2020
.@Yamiche #DYK that 60% of people in the U.S. say housing affordability is a serious problem in the area where they live? What would the candidates do about it as president? #DemDebates #OurHomesOurVotes2020
.@TimAlberta #DYK that 76% of the public says it’s harder today to find stable housing compared to previous generations? What would the candidates do to address this issue as president? #DemDebates #OurHomesOurVotes2020
.@JudyWoodruff Over 1,000 organizations are urging you to ask how the candidates would address the nation’s #affordablehousing crisis at the #DemDebates. Check it out https://bit.ly/2P5vupb #OurHomesOurVotes2020
.@JoeBiden We look forward to hearing more about your goal of ensuring 100% of formerly incarcerated individuals have housing. Talk about it at the next #DemDebates! #OurHomesOurVotes2020
.@PeteButtigieg We agree “families can’t be secure if the cost of housing means they can’t make ends meet…” We want to hear more about your plan to ensure #affordablehousing for families at the next #DemDebates #OurHomesOurVotes2020
.@AmyKlobuchar We look forward to hearing more on how you plan to expand #affordablehousing & address the rural housing crisis. Talk about it during the next #DemDebates! #OurHomesOurVotes2020
.@BernieSanders We look forward to hearing more on how you plan to fully fund tenant-based Section 8 rental assistance. Talk about it during the next #DemDebates! #OurHomesOurVotes2020
.@TomSteyer We look forward to hearing more on your new #affordablehousing plan that will invest $47B/yr in the Housing Trust Fund & Capital Magnet Fund during the next #DemDebates #OurHomesOurVotes2020
.@EWarren We’re looking forward to hearing you talk about your plans to invest $500B over the next 10 yrs to build, preserve, & rehab units that will be affordable to lower-income families during the next #DemDebates! #OurHomesOurVotes2020
.@AndrewYang We want to hear more about how you plan to relax zoning ordinances to increase the development of #affordablehousing during the next #DemDebates! #OurHomesOurVotes2020
Before you tweet, tell PBS that you want to hear about this issue on the debate stage. Submit the question: What’s your plan to end the nation’s affordable housing crisis? Submit your question today at: https://tinyurl.com/ry94h8k and then share it on social media!
Follow @OurHomesVotes on Twitter for additional content to share and retweet and use #OurHomesOurVotes2020 for all your housing-related presidential election tweeting!
For information on all the presidential candidates’ positions on affordable housing, go to: https://www.ourhomes-ourvotes.org/