Registration for NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2026 has officially opened! Taking place March 10-13 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., Housing Policy Forum 2026 will feature conversations with key leaders in Congress, as well as an array of other compelling speakers and panelists. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with and learn from thought-leaders, tenant and community leaders, policy experts, researchers, and housing practitioners who will discuss actions needed to protect and expand affordable housing solutions.
Forum 2026 will feature New York Times best-selling author, attorney, civil rights activist, and political commentator Bakari Sellers as its keynote speaker.
His best-selling memoir, My Vanishing Country, examines policies that deeply impact rural Black and other marginalized communities across the nation.
At the age of 22, Sellers was the nation's youngest Black elected legislator. From 2006 to 2014, Sellers represented South Carolina’s 90th District in the state House of Representatives. His ongoing work and influence is revered as a leading voice for his generation. As a CNN analyst, Sellers elevates public discourse and guides conversations toward meaningful resolution.