The Our Homes, Our Votes campaign, a nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue, hosted the first installment of its 2026 webinar series on Monday, February 9. The webinar, titled “Voter Engagement Partners in Action: Replicating What Works for Renters,” was a deep dive into the Turning Renters into Voters: Lessons in Engaging Low-Income Renters best practice report.
Two partners who contributed to the report joined the conversation: Sarah Rennie, JD, Senior Director of Advocacy and Engagement at the Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness, and Jen Thomas, Community Engagement Manager at the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania. They shared in-depth examples of their voter engagement work in PA and MI and spoke to the strategies featured in the report. The webinar presentation shared patterns from the field, innovations piloted across six communities, and new tools available to support nonpartisan voter engagement in 2026.
This series will be led by Tia Turner, NLIHC Project Manager for Our Homes, Our Votes in partnership with Chantelle Wilkinson, NLIHC Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Campaigns. The recording of the webinar can be found here, and the slideshow can be found here. Click here to read a summary of a call and a list of links that were shared.
The following links were shared on the call:
- Webinar hub to register
- Best Practice report
- Subscribe to NLIHC email list
- Become an affiliate
- Join the Housing Providers Council
- TurboVote
- Our Homes, Our Votes resource library
The next Our Homes, Our Votes webinar, “Building Voting Power Locally: How Local Elections Set the Stage for 2026,” will take place on Monday, March 9, at 3:00 pm ET.
Register for the webinar series here.