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The Value of Association in Carrying Your Message Floridas Statewide Affordable Housing Conference Orlando, Florida Joey Lindstrom National Low Income Housing Coalition @JosephLindstrom The N Nati tion onal L Low I Incom ome Housing


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The Value of Association in Carrying Your Message

Florida’s Statewide Affordable Housing Conference Orlando, Florida Joey Lindstrom National Low Income Housing Coalition @JosephLindstrom

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The N Nati tion

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Low I Incom

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Housing C Coa

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Our Mission: The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to achieving socially just public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes.

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Looking Back on 1974

  • Nixon Administration

issues moratorium on all federal housing programs

  • Cushing Dolbeare forms

Ad Hoc Low Income Housing Coalition in response

  • That group would evolve

to become the National Low Income Housing Coalition

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What c t cau ause ses s hom

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sness? s?

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Using Data for Persuasive Messaging

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The Power of Coalition Efforts

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Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding

  • Big tent coalition of 70 national housing and

community development organizations pushing for budget increases

  • Joint lobby meetings and congressional briefings
  • Work together to share success stories about the

effectiveness of federal programs

  • Joint publicity events and press statements
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Week of Action Local Events

125 events in 30 states (as of May 1):

  • Rallies
  • Teach-ins
  • Site visits
  • Press conferences
  • In-district meetings
  • Art exhibits
  • Tweetstorms

Participation from 30 Members of Congres

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National Housing Trust Fund Campaign

  • 8-year effort to build

support for new funding program

  • More than 8,000
  • rganizations endorsed the

campaign

  • Creating the trust fund was
  • nly half the battle; coalition

is being reconstituted to protect the Housing Trust Fund

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Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition

  • More than 700 national,

state, and local

  • rganizations
  • Devoted to equitable

recovery in disasters for low income people

  • Important information

sharing during crisis situations

  • Unified voice on policy

proposals regarding CDBG-DR and Disaster Housing Assistance Program, etc.

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Stay in Touch

Joey Lindstrom

Manager for Field Organizing jlindstrom@nlihc.org 202-507-7441 @JosephLindstrom