Recap of 10/10 National HoUSed Campaign Call

NLIHC hosted a national HoUSed campaign call on October 10. Eric Tars of the National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC) gave a preview of his organization’s Human Right to Housing Report Card. Rebecca Yae from the Housing Initiative at Penn and NLIHC’s Sophie Siebach-Glover discussed a new report, Beyond Housing Stability: Understanding Tenant and Landlord Experiences and the Impact of Emergency Rental Assistance. Courtney Cooperman provided updates on NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes campaign. Sabine Brown of the Oklahoma Policy Institute and Brian Wilson of the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness discussed news from the field. NLIHC’s Sarah Saadian concluded the call by sharing the latest developments from Capitol Hill. A recording of the call, as well as the presentation slides, are now available.

Join NLIHC’s biweekly national HoUSed campaign call every other Monday at 2:30 pm ET to learn more about how to advance the long-term solutions necessary to end the housing crisis and achieve housing justice. The next national call will be held on October 23 from 2:30 to 4 pm ET. Register for the call at: https://tinyurl.com/ru73qan  

Resources discussed on the 10/10 call: 

• NHLC’s Human Rights Report Card – Eric Tars, NHLC
  • Human Right to Housing Report Card
  • Public Property/Public Need: A toolkit for using vacant federal property
• Beyond Housing Stability Report – Rebecca Yae, Housing Initiative at Penn; Sophie Siebach-Glover, NLIHC
  • Beyond Housing Stability: Understanding Tenant and Landlord Experiences and the Impact of Emergency Rental Assistance
• Our Homes, Our Votes – Courtney Cooperman, NLIHC
  • Voteriders
  • Project ID
  • Ballot Ready
  • National Voter Education Week
  • Rideshare2Vote Aware
    • Volunteer with Rideshare2Vote Aware
    • Request a ride with Ridshare2Vote
  • Civic Holidays
  • “Housing is Built with Ballots” webinar mini-series registration
  • Our Homes, Our Votes website
• Field Updates:
  • NLIHC’s Memo to Members article on Alaska Housing Summit
  • NLIHC’S Memo to Members article on Oklahoma’s Newly Enacted Bill to Prevent Evictions
  • More resources from Oklahoma:
    • https://okpolicy.org/oklahoma-legislators-need-to-do-more-to-expand-access-to-housing/
    • https://okpolicy.org/housing-is-unaffordable-for-oklahomas-low-wage-workers/
    • https://www.ohfa.org/2023/08/public-input-requested-housing-stability-program/
• Policy Updates – Sarah Saadian, NLIHC
  • Email your members of Congress today and urge them to increase – not cut – resources for affordable housing and homelessness in FY24 and to support NLIHC’s top appropriations priorities! 
  • Use NLIHC’s advocacy toolkit, “Oppose Dramatic Cuts to Federal Investments in Affordable Housing,” for talking points, sample social media messages, and ideas about other ways to get involved! 
  • Sign your organization on to the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding’s (CHCDF) annual budget letter. 

Register for the next webinar here!