Make Your Voice Heard: #OurHomesOurVoices Housing Week of Action, May 1-8

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National Low Income Housing Coalition

It’s time to mobilize for affordable homes. Sign up and begin planning today to participate in the 2018 Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, May 1-8.

Federal investments in proven affordable housing solutions benefit us all. But at a time when we should be increasing those investments, President Donald Trump will again propose slashing vital HUD and USDA resources that house low income people and revitalize distressed communities.

Last year, NLIHC – together with our members, national and state partners, mayors, other elected officials, and others – worked with advocates nationwide to organize the Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action. Groups across the country – from Miami, Florida to Palmer, Alaska and beyond – hosted more than 60 rallies, press conferences, letter-writing campaigns, and other events to defeat harmful funding cuts and let our members of Congress know why affordable housing matters to our communities.

Join us from May 1-8 for Our Homes, Our Voices, a National Housing Week of Action.

Building on last year’s success, we will hold this year’s week of action from May 1-8. Together we will bring more attention to the severe shortage of homes affordable to the lowest income people and urge increased investments in solutions.

You can start planning an event in your community for the Housing Week of Action by going to www.ourhomes-ourvoices.org. There you will find guides for how to plan different types of activities and sample materials and content for you to use, including talking points, tweets, op-eds, press releases, social media images and posters. When you’ve planned an event, we’ll feature it on the website, directing supporters to you and inspiring others to plan activities.

NLIHC’s 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement will also help you prepare. In addition to the latest updates on federal housing policy, we’ll offer several panels and workshops on effective state and local organizing strategies and share tools and ideas to help you plan a successful event for this year’s Our Homes, Our Voices Housing Week of Action.

The need for affordable housing in communities across the country is greater than ever, while threats to funding for programs that make affordable housing possible are more severe than they’ve been in decades.

It’s time to act - to raise our voices not only to protect vital affordable housing programs, but to expand them so that everyone, especially those with the lowest incomes, has an affordable place to call home.

Join us!