The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing campaign will release its national policy agenda, Within Reach: Ambitious Federal Solutions to Meet the Housing Needs of the Most Vulnerable People, on Thursday, January 24. The report, developed in conjunction with the campaign’s multi-sector partners, identifies several long- and short-term policy strategies for Congress to act on, such as expanding rental assistance, increasing the supply of deeply affordable housing, and creating an emergency housing assistance fund.
“Many of the young patients I see in my pediatric clinic need a prescription that’s hard to fill: a safe, stable home that their family can afford,” said Children’s HealthWatch Co-Lead Principal Investigator Megan Sandel, MD. “Health care providers and researchers know that homes are prescriptions for good health. We enthusiastically support the policy proposals outlined in this agenda because they fill the prescription for good homes that children and their families need to become and stay healthy.”
Also on January 24, the campaign will host a congressional briefing at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET. Attendees will learn more about the campaign’s policy priorities and hear from prominent leaders from a variety of sectors whose organizations have joined the campaign.
Speakers include:
- Diane Yentel, president and CEO, NLIHC
- Clarence Anthony, CEO and executive director, National League of Cities
- Jim Weill, president, Food Research & Action Center
- Mary Kusler, senior director of center for advocacy, National Education Association
- Allison Bovell-Ammon, deputy director of policy strategy, Children's HealthWatch
- Mike Koprowski, national director, Opportunity Starts at Home
Please attend the event and help spread the event invitation to your networks. Register and learn more about the briefing at: https://bit.ly/2AwSsOo
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