NLIHC Hosts Members of Southeast Cohort for Inaugural Tenant Protections Convening

NLIHC hosted members of its southeast cohort for an inaugural convening on advancing tenant protections, July 24-25, in Atlanta, GA. Led by NLIHC’s State and Local Innovation (SLI) team, the convening expanded on NLIHC’s commitment to advancing, implementing, and enforcing state and local tenant protections, creating and sustaining emergency rental assistance programs, preventing the criminalization of homelessness, and supporting the advancement of housing innovations that seek to keep eviction rates down and prevent homelessness. Through working with state and local partners, NLIHC seeks to empower a movement that will strengthen tenants’ rights, prevent evictions, and promote housing stability for renter households with the lowest incomes. 

The Impact

The event convened members from 16 organizations from across the southeast region, to discuss the path forward for advancing needed tenant protections. The discussions included the importance of advancing protections for families in rural communities. During the convening, attendees had the opportunity to participate in facilitated discussions, hear from panels joined by national partners, workshop on narrative and organizing strategies, and plan next steps in sustaining the work.  

Members of the cohort include: 

• Greater Memphis Housing Justice Project/Black Clergy Collaborative of Memphis
• Collaborative Solutions
• Community Justice Project Inc.
• Florida Housing Coalition
• Georgia Appleseed Center for Law & Justice
• Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc.
• Housing Justice League
• LegisLogic
• Low Income Housing Coalition of Alabama
• Memphis Tenants Union
• Miami Workers Center
• Mississippi Center For Justice
• Mississippi Housing Partnership
• National Association of Social Workers - Mississippi Chapter
• National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
• National Housing Law Project