During this month’s “Tenant Talk Live” webinar, participants joined a discussion about international models of housing. Participants heard from panelists Aura Reyes and Kenna Stormogipson, who talked about their experience at the International Social Housing Festival in Finland during the summer of 2022. Aura and Kenna used what they learned at the festival to implement policy changes in their local legislature in Hawai’i. Participants in the webinar were able to ask questions and share their experiences implementing social housing in their communities. View the full webinar here (when its ready on YouTube). The next webinar will take place on March 6 at 6 pm ET. Register for the session here. More information about this webinar is coming soon!
As always, if you have a topic you would like to propose or want to be a speaker in an upcoming webinar, please e-mail Sid Betancourt at [email protected].
Webinar Resources and Information
- View a recording of Monday’s Tenant Talk Live webinar here
- Access the webinar’s chat history here
- Access the webinar’s transcript here
- View HUD’s Public Housing Resident Organizing and Participation Toolkit
- View HUD’s Guide on Tenant Participation Funds
- View Hawai’i Appleseed’s PowerPoint slides here
- Legal resources:
- You can find a list of legal aid attorneys here: https://www.lsc.gov/what-legal-aid/find-legal-aid and here: https://www.lawhelp.org
Policy and NLIHC Updates
- Read NLIHC’s brief summary of the proposed AFFH rule
- Register for HUD’s AFFH briefing for residents and community members
- February 10, 3:30-4:30 pm ET
- Read NLIHC’s article about the White House’s Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights
- View the White House’s Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights
- View the White House’s Factsheet about the Blueprint
- View NLIHC’s Take Action page
- Check out our “On the Home Front” blog article submission guidelines. (Can be found S:\TenantTalk\On the Home Front Blog Submission Guide)
- View the new edition of Tenant Talk – Advancing Tenant Protections: Building Tenant Power to Achieve Renter Equity
- Register for NLIHC’s 2023 Housing Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.
- Join the Tenant Talk Facebook Group
Panelists
Aura Reyes
Community Leader and Co-Founder of Ka Po’e o Kaka’ako
Kenna Stormogipson
Housing Policy Director, Hawai’i Appleseed
Guests
Laura Williamson
Associate Director of Policy and Research, Democracy Reform
Noëlle Porter
Director of Government Affairs, National Housing Law Project