By Tia Turner, NLIHC Project Manager, Our Homes, Our Votes
Register for today’s 3:00 pm ET Our Homes, Our Votes webinar titled, “Protecting Voting Rights: Strengthening Democracy Through Local Housing Advocacy.”
This webinar is the next installment in the 2026 Our Homes, Our Votes webinar series and will explore the critical role housing advocates play in supporting democratic participation and protecting access to the ballot, particularly for low-income renters and historically marginalized communities. As barriers to voting continue to emerge at the state and federal levels, this webinar will help participants understand how housing advocacy intersects with civic engagement and why this work is essential to a functioning democracy.
Participants will gain a foundational understanding of:
- How housing instability and voter suppression are interconnected
- The role of housing organizations, tenant leaders, and service providers in expanding voter access
- Strategies for embedding nonpartisan voter engagement into housing advocacy work
- How local efforts can strengthen civic participation and build long-term voter power
What to Expect:
- Chantelle Wilkinson, NLIHC vice president of strategic partnerships and campaigns, will open the call with key updates on the SAVE Act, a recent executive order on mail-in voting, and the Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais, including what’s at stake and where the case currently stands.
Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown, president and CEO of Georgia Advancing Communities Together (Georgia ACT) and NLIHC board chair, will discuss how Georgia ACT is putting housing advocacy into practice through civic engagement. She will highlight how their work connects housing advocacy to voter participation, the strategies used to build tenant power and strengthen democracy, and what it looks like to organize and engage tenants as a civic force within their communities.
Raisa Rubin-Stankiewicz, policy associate at the New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness, will share insights on voter registration efforts focused on engaging people experiencing homelessness. She will discuss strategies for working through shelter and outreach provider networks, as well as leveraging local advisory boards made up of individuals with lived experience.
Tia Turner, NLIHC project manager for Our Homes, Our Votes (moderator), will close the webinar by previewing the next session and sharing ways participants can stay connected and engaged with the Our Homes, Our Votes initiative.
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes campaign is a nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue.
Register for the webinar series here.
Watch previous webinars and view the 2026 webinar schedule here.