NLIHC launched Tenant Talk Live—a bimonthly call/webinar with resident leaders from across the country – on October 28. Tenant Talk Live provides opportunities for residents to connect with NLIHC and one another; to share best practices; and to learn how to be more involved in influencing federal housing policies and to lead in their community.
The inaugural call/webinar took place on October 28, featuring Willie “J.R.” Fleming, executive director of the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign—a nonprofit dedicated to creating and preserving affordable housing and reducing blight. J.R shared insights into how residents can use Section 3 to provide construction jobs and job training opportunities to residents in their communities. Ed Gramlich, NLIHC senior advisor, provided updates on a proposed rule related to implementation of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) with provisions that would directly affect low-income residents.
J.R. Fleming at 2018 NLIHC Housing Policy Forum, Resident Session, in Washington, DC
Ed Gramlich, NLIHC senior advisor
NLIHC staff also urged residents to participate in Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020—an NLIHC-led non-partisan project to engage candidates on affordable housing and to register, educate, and mobilize more renters and affordable housing advocates to be involved in voting.
NLIHC is committed to connecting and engaging with resident leaders in new, more robust ways. If you are a low-income resident and have a topic you would like to propose for peer-sharing or if you want to be a speaker on an upcoming call/webinar, please email us at: [email protected]
For more information:
Download a recording from the October 28 call/webinar at: http://bit.ly/2BZRaf9
To sign-up for future calls/webinars, register at: igfn.us/f/2lh3/n