NLIHC hosted a webinar on March 5 to help advocates prepare for Capitol Hill Day, the concluding event of NLIHC’s annual Housing Policy Forum. Capitol Hill Day – held this year on March 27 – offers an opportunity for advocates from around the country to visit Washington, DC, and meet with members of Congress to urge them to oppose funding cuts to HUD’s and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) affordable housing and homelessness programs and instead expand resources for those programs, advance anti-racist policies, and support legislation that would improve the lives of people with the lowest incomes.
During the webinar, NLIHC Policy Manager Kim Johnson and Housing Advocacy Organizer Tia Turner introduced the 2025 Capitol Hill Day Advocacy Toolkit. The toolkit provides an overview of NLIHC’s policy priorities, along with talking points, tips for scheduling and attending meetings, and recommendations for incorporating personal narrative into policy requests.
Ben Martin, Research Director of Texas Housers, and Dee Ross, founder of The Ross Foundation and NLIHC’s Tenant Leader Fellow, shared tips and insight from their experience participating in previous Hill Day advocacy. Deputy Director of Housing Narrative Lab Sarah Amour-Jones closed out the call with a presentation on weaving personal narrative and experience into advocacy.
View slides from the webinar here and slides from the Housing Narrative Lab presentation here.
Access our 2025 Capitol Hill Day Advocacy Toolkit here.
Watch a recording of the webinar here.
Capitol Hill Day is part of NLIHC’s annual Housing Policy Forum, which takes place this year on March 24-27 at the Hilton Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington, DC. While in-person registration is sold out, you can still register to attend virtually at: https://tinyurl.com/yc7ypsc9