Our Homes, Our Votes is a nonpartisan campaign to register, educate, and mobilize low-income renters and affordable housing advocates to vote. Renters, especially low-income renters, are underrepresented among voters. To build the political will for housing solutions, it is critical that organizations that work directly with low-income renters—including nonprofits, housing providers, and tenant associations—mobilize renters and other low-income people to vote.
Through this campaign, marginalized communities are able to access an array of targeted resources such as a voter and candidate engagement toolkit, voter registration information, ways to get involved with other housing justice advocates in your area, and much more!
Affordable homes are built with ballots every bit as much as they are built with bricks and drywall.
Memo to Members & Partners Articles
By Tia Turner, NLIHC Project Manager, Our Homes, Our VotesOn April 25, partners from across Vermont gathered for the From Housing Justice to Civic Power: Vermont Action Summit, a collaborative event bringing together tenant leaders, advocates, service providers, and policymakers to explore the…
By Tia Turner, NLIHC Project Manager, Our Homes, Our VotesIn a deeply concerning decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais, significantly weakening one of the nation’s most critical civil rights protections under Section 2 of the “Voting Rights Act (VRA).” While the Court…
By Tia Turner, NLIHC Project Manager, Our Homes, Our Votes In a significant development, the U.S. Senate did not advance the “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act,” halting what would have been one of the most restrictive federal voting measures in recent history. The bill,…
By Tia Turner, NLIHC Project Manager, Our Homes, Our Votes NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes campaign, a nonpartisan initiative to increase voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as a key election issue, is partnering with a coalition of Vermont-based housing justice, civic…