NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2024: An Unwavering Path Forward to Housing Justice will feature an array of breakout sessions in which attendees can engage with and learn from thought leaders, policy experts, researchers, tenant advocates, affordable housing practitioners, and others! Taking place on March 19-21 at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington, D.C., the 2024 Forum will offer breakout sessions like “Leveling the Playing Field: Achieving Permanent Tenant Protections,” “Accessible to Whom? Inclusive Housing and the Disability Justice Movement,” “Housing Justice for Rural and Native Communities,” and “The Power of Storytelling.”
The breakout sessions will run the gamut in topic and focus and will include the following:A Multi-Sector Approach to Achieving Justice and Equity at the Intersections of Housing, Environment, and Health Changing Lanes: Integrating Housing and Homelessness Best Practices with Disaster Response and Recovery Our Homes, Our Votes: Building the Political Will for Housing Justice in the 2024 Elections What Can We Know about Affordable Housing Preservation Needs? Housing Justice for Rural and Native Communities The Power of Storytelling: Shaping the Narrative on How to Achieve Housing Justice Erasure and Climate Gentrification Building Support for Evidence-Based Homelessness Solutions Subsidized Tenants: Organizing for Habitability Accessible to Whom? Inclusive Housing and the Disability Justice Movement Locked Up, Locked Out: Barriers to Housing for Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People
Leveling the Playing Field: Achieving Permanent Tenant ProtectionsIn addition to these breakout sessions, the 2024 Forum will feature discussions with Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) about his plans for promoting housing affordability and Representative Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) about his support for transformative legislation that would create permanent tools to prevent evictions and establish a new renter’s tax credit. The Forum will open with a keynote discussion with acclaimed civil rights attorney and scholar Sherrilyn Ifill and close with a keynote address by renowned author and journalist Dr. Jelani Cobb. A full schedule and registration information for the breakout sessions will be announced in the coming weeks.
Register today for NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2024!