WEBVTT 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar Series – August 19, 2024 – Getting Candidates on 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:12.000 the Record about Housing and Homelessness Live captioning by AI-Media 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:17.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Welcome, everybody, 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:22.000 we will get started in a few minutes when people trickle in from the waiting 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:23.000 room. 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:27.000 Please feel free to introduce yourself and where you're calling from 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:31.000 in the chat, as we are waiting to get started. 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:39.000 Welcome, everyone. 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:43.000 Feel free to drop an introduction, your name, where you're calling in from 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:47.000 in the chat. I see actually from Fargo. Tara from 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:58.000 Chicago Natalie from California. 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:01.000 Carla from South Carolina. Leona from Washington. Denise from 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:03.000 Idaho. Sharon from Texas. 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.000 Heather from Alabama, Phyllis from Denver, Denise from Idaho, 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:10.000 Sophia from Delaware, Yolanda from North Carolina. 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:31.000 Welcome, everyone. 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:42.000 We will get started in another 30 seconds or so. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:02:01.000 Feel free to keep introducing yourself in the chat. 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:03.000 Alright, it is 2:33 PM 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:10.000 , 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.000 we will get started. Welcome, my name is Courtney Cooperman, 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:19.000 I use cheaper pronouns on the project manager of NLIHC our homes are both 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:28.000 camping. 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.000 Our topic today is Getting Candidates on the Record about Housing and 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.000 Homelessness. I encourage you to check out the 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:40.000 archive of past webinars on Our Homes, Our Votes website and will drop the 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:46.000 link in the chat where you can find the recordings of all of the past webinars. 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:51.000 Today's webinar topic, as I mentioned, it is Getting Candidates on the Record 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:55.000 about Housing and Homelessness. We know to elevate low income housing 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:58.000 and homelessness as an election issue, candidates for elected office must 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:02.000 understand that housing affordability and tenant's rights are important to 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:04.000 voters. This webinar will explore common 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:09.000 methods to get candidates to discuss housing solutions on the record into 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:13.000 educator network about candidate stances. To get started, I will give a 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.000 brief overview of key considerations from nonpartisanship, in Canada 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.000 engagement, Arianna Jukes a 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:21.000 from SCANPH will discuss a tentative lead forum, 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:27.000 Madeleine Hammerlund and Brian Muhs from Minnesota, 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:30.000 discuss nonpartisan candidate questionnaires, and Kayla Laywell from 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.000 NLIHC policy team will discuss a national tenants 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:35.000 Bill of Rights to hold the candidates 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:39.000 accountable. 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:43.000 Before we get started, I have housekeeping items. First, the webinar 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:47.000 is being recorded. 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:52.000 We will distribute the recording and links in the next edition of our Friday 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:56.000 email newsletter, The Connection, and the recording will be posted on NLIHC 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:00.000 YouTube channel by the end of the week. Second, we have closed captioning 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:03.000 enabled. Thank you to the captioner for being 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.000 here today. Third, ask questions 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:11.000 using the Q&A feature of the webinar. We have a lot of people attending and 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:17.000 it's hard to catch all of the great questions in the chat, 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:22.000 so we are more likely to notice them if they are submitted in Q&A. Speaking 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:26.000 of the chat, we ask everybody engage thoughtfully and respectfully and to 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:32.000 live by the platinum rule: treat others the way they want to be treated even if 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:38.000 that is different from the way you want to be treated. Last but not least, a 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:42.000 reminder that Our Homes, Our Votes is 100% nonpartisan. Meaning, we do not 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:47.000 endorse or favor specific candidates or political parties will ship our goal is 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:52.000 to build the voting power of low income renters so we can hold all elected 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:56.000 officials accountable to housing justice. Before I turn it over to 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:01.000 candidates -- panelist, it's important to keep nonpartisan ship top of mind 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:03.000 when it comes to candidate engagement. 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:10.000 As a refresher, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, tax-exempt nonprofits, 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:14.000 cannot engage in any partisan political activities. Meaning, they 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:18.000 cannot endorse or oppose candidates for office, allied with a political party, 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:23.000 or attempt to influence the outcome of an election. Doing any of these 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.000 partisan activities will jeopardize a 501 C3 nonprofit tax-exempt status. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:33.000 What 501(c)(3)'s 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:37.000 can do is nonpartisan candidate engagement, which is what Our Homes, 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:41.000 Our Votes and the webinar series is all about. These activities include 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:45.000 registering, educating and getting voters at the polls, reaching out to 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:49.000 candidates to educate them about your organization's priorities, as long as 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:50.000 your reaching out in 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.000 offering information to all candidates, sponsoring a candidate 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:57.000 forum or Townhall, as long as all candidates are invited 00:05:57.000 --> 00:06:00.000 and given equal opportunities to speak, and disturbing candidate 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:04.000 questionnaires, as long as all candidates have equal opportunity to 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:06.000 participate. As you probably noticed a theme here, 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:10.000 nonpartisanship requires all candidates for elected 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:14.000 officer treated equally in terms of opportunities to speak in an effort 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.000 made in extending an invitation or sharing information. 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:21.000 Just to give an example of what this looks like, 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.000 we recently followed this principle 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:26.000 very steadfastly with a set of letters that we wrote 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:30.000 to the Democratic National Committee and the Republican 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:33.000 National Committee this summer. We urged each party to 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:42.000 incorporate NLIHC's 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:46.000 policies and their platform. We set them with identical text, on the 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:51.000 same day, to people who hold the same role within each organization. 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:56.000 That is an example of how strictly we strike to this idea that when we reach 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.000 out to candidates we treat them equally regardless of party. 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:04.000 Because you reach out equally to candidates does not mean the response 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:11.000 will be equal, and that is OK. For example, if one candidate 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:16.000 excepts are invited to speak, at a candidate foreman, that is fine as long 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:21.000 as you can demonstrate you worked as hard as possible to invite other 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:24.000 candidates. Another 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:28.000 point is to avoid criticizing candidate statements. You can respond 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:32.000 to them in a neutral tone to add perspective or correct the record. You 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:37.000 should ever rancor rate candidates, and this constitutes an address that. You 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:39.000 can release a scorecard that 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:43.000 scores in common voting records, 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:48.000 scoring the voting records of people who are running for office may give off 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:56.000 the appearance of being an endorsement, even though that is distinct 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:00.000 from ranking or rating candidates and I'm happy to talk about more off-line 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:05.000 if you're wondering about a specific activity and whether it is appropriate. 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:08.000 A safer alternative to this is to distribute a candidate questionnaire 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:12.000 that solicits all the candidates responses through a set of questions 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:17.000 related to your organization's mission, and you can then publish the responses 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:21.000 and circulated to your community as a form of voter education. 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:25.000 One note of caution about candidate questionnaires, you cannot edit the 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:29.000 responses in any way. They must be presented to the public 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:34.000 just as they were submitted in the questionnaire. We will hear a bit more 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:38.000 about candidate questionnaires from Madeleine and Brian later on. We can go 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.000 to the next slide. A lot more information about 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:44.000 non-partisanship is out there, for much more detailed information 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:48.000 I highly recommend referring to the resources from the alliance for 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:52.000 justices, Boulder advocacy campaign, or the Our Homes, Our Votes website 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:58.000 and we can drop the link to the chat and we will include them in the 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:03.000 follow-up notes from the call. With all of that behind us, let's get 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:07.000 into what nonpartisan candidate engagement looks like in action. I will 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:09.000 pass it to Arianna to get started. 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:19.000 ARIANNA BANKLER-JUKES: Thanks, hi everyone. I will share my screen. 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:23.000 Hi. I am Arianna Bigler Jukes, I am at the 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:24.000 advocacy manager 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.000 at SCANPH, the Southern California Association of Non-Profits housing 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:34.000 and am excited to be here. So often the work that we do is so 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:38.000 local, so seeing folks from Detroit and Cleveland in Philadelphia is so 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:43.000 exciting and energizing as we are going into this election season, and just in 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:45.000 general the work that we do. 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:57.000 Briefly, I want to tell you who we are at SCANPH. We are a nonprofit 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:01.000 advocacy organization dedicated to the creation and preservation of affordable 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:04.000 housing in Southern California. We are presented in five different 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:14.000 counties, it is a big swath of land, and our membership base is made up of 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:18.000 diverse group of folks, generally it is non-profit developers, but includes 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.000 government officials, architects, community-based organizations, 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:24.000 students, activists, and importantly a topic that I will be exploring a lot in 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:28.000 today's conversation, it also includes residents and affordable housing 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.000 buildings. Briefly, what our mission is, I will 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:34.000 read the mission statement: to facilitate developing of affordable 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:37.000 homes across southern California by advancing effective public policies, 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:40.000 sustainable financial resources, strong member organizations and beneficial 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:42.000 partnerships. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:48.000 A key part of this, with the ending, beneficial partnerships, a lot of the 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:53.000 coalition building work we get to do at SCANPH, in particular on Our Homes, Our 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:58.000 Votes, and with you all on the calls like this. What is really fantastic 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:02.000 about SCANPH is the access that we have two resident 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:09.000 of affordable housing developer. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:13.000 We represent buildings across Southern California and we get to interact and 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:17.000 build power amongst renters, the folks who live in those buildings. 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:22.000 The way that that manifests is in the residence United network, this is a 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:25.000 statewide organization with regional groups across the 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:28.000 state. What is get back to us as we run 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:35.000 the residence United network, RUN<, 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:40.000 down in LA and it is comprised of folks with lived experience who want to 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:45.000 be engaged in the political process, they want to share their 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:50.000 stories and build policy, and affect change. This is an avenue to organizing 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:54.000 and getting them involved, and we work really closely with RUN LA. 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:58.000 One reason we activate the basis through our candidate engagement, which 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:03.000 I'm going to talk about today. At Skippack, we do two main forms of 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:09.000 candidate engagement. 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:12.000 We have had a long history of engaging candidates 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:15.000 in nonpartisan candidate forums. 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:18.000 They have been on Zoom, in person, 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:23.000 have been at all levels of government, and it is a pretty 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:27.000 fantastic way for our members to learn 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:32.000 about who is running and also for people who are running to learn about 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:34.000 SCANPH and who the nonprofit development are. 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:37.000 This year we are excited to be hosting another 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:40.000 nonpartisan candidate forum that has 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:43.000 a tenant lead component, and this is for 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:45.000 assembly District 54. This is a state 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:48.000 district, 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:54.000 state legislature, district in LA, 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:59.000 so it is not Republican versus Democrat, a lot of the times we are 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:03.000 seeing Democrat versus Democrat, and a local 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:06.000 politics I'm sure you have similar experiences. It's the progressives 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:09.000 versus the moderates, or what have you. 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:14.000 In this case, we are bringing folks together, is a very important district 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:18.000 in LA, that spans a large group, a diverse coalition 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:20.000 , 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:25.000 a diverse group of neighborhoods of residents and folks who live in that 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:27.000 district. We are bringing people together, 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:35.000 working alongside various different groups, 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:40.000 in LA, to put this on and one of the groups being the Residence United 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.000 Network. This is part of the Our Homes, Our 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:49.000 Votes campaign and also doing this as part of what is going to be launched 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:52.000 this November/October, this fall, the 1 million affordable homes campaign. 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:57.000 Statewide, groups are coming together to call the legislature to ensure that 00:13:57.000 --> 00:14:01.000 Gov. Newsom and the state legislature 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:04.000 actually fulfills the promise of building 1 million affordable homes by 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:07.000 2030. This was something that Gov. Newsom 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:09.000 said he was going to do 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:15.000 when he joined, and not only is he not doing that, they have cut funding for 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:19.000 affordable housing in the state of California. This is nonpartisan, we are 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:24.000 not asking for pledges, we are not asking candidates to do that, but it is 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:30.000 part of the power building group, to ensure that we are, in the long term, 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:34.000 that are candidates, our elected, are accounted -- accountable for us down 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:40.000 the line. 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:45.000 A knuckle to go into details about the logistics of putting on a candidate 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:50.000 forum, I am happy to talk about that some other time about the media and 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:54.000 coalition building in question drafting. I will say the questions that 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:59.000 we ask our the same for both candidates, and that is what you hear 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:03.000 in the candidate questionnaire portion, too. There's a lot of similarities with 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:06.000 that. I want to talk about the resident 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:10.000 engagement component when meeting a candidate town hall. There is various 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:15.000 steps we have taken at Skippack to do this effectively ends the first in one 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:20.000 of the most crucial is resident buy-in. We host monthly meetings with our 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:25.000 stakeholders, and we asked them, is there something that you want to do,? 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:30.000 We discuss it, brainstorm it, and ensuring we have buy-in as a key part 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:33.000 of the process will ship Another key part is 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:40.000 talking about any ballot measure that is happening, 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:44.000 especially if it's being discussed at the town hall in some way. In 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:49.000 California, housing is on the ballot at the local and state level. We also 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:54.000 ensure that the run members are engaged in the ballot measures and are in 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:59.000 support of them before we even discussion or talk about them in a 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:00.000 public setting. 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:04.000 The next part is brainstorming the questions. We also will do this with 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:07.000 our residents. We protocol, we have questions from 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:12.000 them already and we will do this next Thursday at the meeting, 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:17.000 and making sure that it's tenant let in their voices and questions are being 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:19.000 answered. We have a resident speaker component. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:24.000 At the beginning of the town hall, ensuring that folks that have the 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:29.000 chance to get up and share their story and let the candidates know, this is 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:34.000 who they will be representing, and that is important to listen to them. Here, 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:40.000 he will see a photo of Ruby Smith, one of our residents speaking to Mayor 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:44.000 Bass, who was running a couple years ago. Finally, ensuring that we are 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:50.000 setting invites to all of the buildings in our district. We have a long list of 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.000 all the nonprofit developers and 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:54.000 properties. We build relationships with the 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:58.000 resident services directors in each of those organizations, so that in times 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:03.000 like this, we can make sure we have easy access to inviting the residents 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:08.000 who live in assembly District 54. To come out, have food with us, and 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:12.000 hear from the candidates who are running in the district. Finally, 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:16.000 ensuring that there is rod member participation at the forum itself. 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:23.000 Asking them, do you want a flyer at this, do you want a table at that? The 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:26.000 folks we work with our-- 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:31.000 have been working with my organization longer than I have them anyway so any 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:36.000 opportunity to interface with the public, they are excited about and they 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:41.000 want to take the opportunity to do. Of course, there are stipends and we 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:45.000 are compensating folks for their time, ineffective ways that are not... You 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:49.000 know, insuring folks that are properly compensated for the work they are 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:52.000 doing. And honoring their lived experience, 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:56.000 while doing that. Overall, why do we do it? Why do we do 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:59.000 candidate forums? It's the opportunity for members and 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:04.000 the public to hear about how our candidates will approach the issue to 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:07.000 housing and homelessness. We have a membership organization, this 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:09.000 is a direct line of, 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.000 communication. It support for coalition building, we 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:15.000 do this alongside other organizations in the district and throughout Southern 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:18.000 California. It's important for the resident 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:23.000 engagement with the candidates, and also at the same time, it is another 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:26.000 opportunity for us to build the relationships with potential elected 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:31.000 officials so that when they get into office, they have a face, they can put 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:36.000 a face to the organization, they put a face to the residence. Once again, 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:42.000 showing that this is who we need to be accountable to. With that, I will wrap 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:45.000 it up. I appreciate it, and happy to take 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:49.000 questions at the end. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Take you so much. 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:51.000 We really appreciate this 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.000 insight into residence leadership in 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.000 action and a model of 00:18:55.000 --> 00:19:03.000 RUN across the country. 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:09.000 There are questions coming in and will take them at the end when we take all 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:14.000 the questions for the panelists will I will hand it over to Madeleine and 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:16.000 Brian at MHP. MADELEINE HAMMERLUND: Happy Monday, we 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:21.000 are so happy to be here, ways of bringing house intemperance -- 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:25.000 champions into the capital. I am the housing campaign organizer at 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:27.000 MHP. Together we are realizing 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:29.000 some powerful 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:44.000 responses for the 2024 candidate housing questionnaire. 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:48.000 Getting some statewide reach and diverse perspectives of what it means 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:51.000 to be a housing champion. Next slide, please. 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:55.000 We want to raise outcome, what we use light handed - 00:19:55.000 --> 00:20:04.000 -- 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:07.000 housing candidate questionnaires? We want long-term housing within 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:10.000 statewide solutions. One thing to highly, what is happening 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:14.000 in Minnesota this election cycle? In 2024 we have 134 representatives 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:18.000 seats available, 134 districts, and one Minnesota Senate special act -- 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:23.000 election which means we have a special opportunity to connect with over 260--8 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:29.000 candidates in the state to make sure we have an 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:33.000 opportunity to make sure policies align with values, save healthy homes 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:38.000 no matter what we look like or where we come from which is incredibly powerful. 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:42.000 This is the fourth cycle, election cycle that MHP has conducted housing 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:46.000 questionnaires, and some of the strategies behind that are making sure 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:51.000 that candidates have an understanding of what are some of the housing issues 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:54.000 and barriers Minnesotans are experiences interstates? our state? 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:58.000 Making sure elevating what needs to get done, of course. 00:20:58.000 --> 00:21:02.000 On top of that, recognizing what candidates are offering to their 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:05.000 communities as representatives 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:09.000 of so many. We need solutions in the capital, and 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:16.000 we need them today, and tomorrow for those long-term wins. 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:20.000 The way that MHP developed the questionnaire this year was first, we 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:24.000 had a draft with internal parties, our policy director Libby Murphy entered 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:28.000 Deputy Director Elizabeth Wood, developed list we had originally 10 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:33.000 question that had like a different area issues for housing across the state. We 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:36.000 been transferred over to 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:40.000 provide some partner feedback and revisions. I would like a highlight 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:44.000 that our lived experience with homelessness committee, our future 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:46.000 starts at home coalition, had opportunities to review. 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:50.000 The statewide organizing committee for the coalition, but also partners of 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:53.000 diverse geographies, grassroots organizations, and missions to realize 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:57.000 safe housing in Minnesota. After that, we took in the feedback, 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:58.000 the revisions, 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:02.000 and develop the candidate resource webpage, which was linked and can be 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:04.000 shared with all of you. 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:08.000 This includes resources like the candidate portal where we offer 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:10.000 opportunities for all of our 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:13.000 candidates to actually complete the questionnaire, a total of the 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:17.000 questions, but also additional resources that Brian is going to be 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:19.000 covering. 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:24.000 Next up we are taking to ensure we have a full understanding of what 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:28.000 candidates are offering to their communities for housing solutions is 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:32.000 coordinated outreach and response targeting. We know we want to have 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:35.000 equitable opportunity for all candidates to respond, 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:39.000 but that means we have to be coordinated in intentional and 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:41.000 welcoming to those leaders. Next slide, please. 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:45.000 BRIAN MUHS: Thank you. I'm going to talk a little bit about 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:47.000 how we coordinate 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:50.000 candidate outreach. Once the questionnaire is actually in 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:51.000 the world, what happens next? 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:56.000 The first bullet point, I will say, the most important and it is 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:59.000 kind of the philosophy by which we 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:03.000 do all of these other activities. Direct constituent outreach is always 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:09.000 going to be the most powerful thing you can help facilitate. 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:15.000 What we have found is you can send emails to all the candidates until you 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:17.000 are blue in the face, remind them, 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:22.000 prompt them in different ways, but nothing is really going to be as 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:27.000 powerful as the person who lives in their district reaching out to them, 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:31.000 having a conversation. That is always going to be the number 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:36.000 one way to get responses but also raise up housing. We build tools with that in 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:40.000 mind. We try to facilitate, how can we make 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:44.000 that as easy as possible for constituents and folks on the ground 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:47.000 and our partner organizations? To help facilitate those conversations 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:51.000 will. One thing we do that is kind of a big 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:58.000 hit is the social media toolkit. It's a series of copy and pasted tools 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:04.000 that link to the website, if you click in there, you can copy and paste a blog 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.000 post to a partner organization, to the website, 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:11.000 text for a newsletter, they want to make a social post, either generally 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:14.000 about the questionnaire, or make a post directed 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:18.000 at a candidate encouraging them to fill out the questionnaire. Those are 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:22.000 all things that we like to provide to lower the barrier. 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:26.000 Secondly, I think it is really important to 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:33.000 consider coordinated collective action, and that can be in person 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:37.000 action or digital action. In the past, we have often done twitter 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:41.000 storm or digital days of action, where we have 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:45.000 it able to coordinate with the larger group of organizations about, 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:50.000 we are going to pose for one hour at 12:00 PM, on Tuesday. 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:55.000 Everybody will post a budget during that time, and that will create a buzz 00:24:55.000 --> 00:25:04.000 during the questioner. 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:09.000 Once the questioner is out there, you have done work to put it together, 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:13.000 sometimes it's helpful to integrate the questions into candidate forums like 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:17.000 Arianna was saying. We have many times had partners reach 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:23.000 out to us can ask us, if they can use our questions in forums. We have 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:28.000 reached out to people putting on forums to ask if they will ask some of our 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:32.000 questions. That is a great way to continue to 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:36.000 raise opposing issues, even if it doesn't end with the end result of 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:40.000 those candidates filling out the questionnaire, necessarily. It achieves 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:45.000 a lot of the same goals and raising the housing issues. Another thing that we 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:50.000 have found is really important, when we are coordinating our reach, his weekly 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:53.000 check-in meetings with partners. Me and Madeleine and real-time tracking 00:25:53.000 --> 00:26:01.000 these responses, 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:06.000 tracking what geography they are coming from and sharing this in the 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:09.000 meeting. If we realize that in the northwestern 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:14.000 part of the state we are hardly getting any response, that's a good time to 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:19.000 coordinate folks who might be more local to that area or who might know 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:24.000 people doing work in that area. That is a great way to expand the 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:29.000 network and get back to the first point of, how can we engage with constituents 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:33.000 to engage with the candidates? I will pass it back to Madeleine. 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:37.000 MADELEINE HAMMERLUND: Next slide, please. Brian, thanks so much for 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:42.000 sharing some of the ways we are working to make sure that our questionnaire is 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:47.000 both accessible to candidates and to our partners who are making so many of 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:51.000 the candidate responses possible. We viewed this housing candidate 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:55.000 questionnaire<, ultimately, as an advocacy tool. We are looking for two 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:56.000 things. Lawmaker accountability and lawmaker 00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:00.000 partnership. We know that we need both, if we want 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:04.000 to have the long-term, statewide housing wins that we are looking for 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:08.000 here in Minnesota. We want to elevate housing as a 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:13.000 priority in the 2024 election, just have we have in the previous four 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:16.000 collection psychosocial when were asking candidates to review, what is 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:20.000 the housing platform? What are the housing solutions? We are 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:24.000 reminded them that home is a Minnesota value. We want commitments to 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:28.000 addressing the housing barriers of Minnesotans, so much of what this 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:32.000 questionnaire is informing candidates across the state, what are some of 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:37.000 these big barriers to our big housing problems? That we are asking them, and 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:41.000 looking to their leadership and address. We also think about the 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:45.000 ability to buoy the leadership of lawmakers, who are addressing the 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:50.000 problems in the legislative session. In one of the most recent meetings, to 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:54.000 give a shout out, we did launch the candidate questionnaire last Thursday 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:58.000 which is incredibly exciting. Our next meeting is tomorrow, but we 00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:02.000 were speaking about the power of knowing what our lawmakers have said 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:07.000 they value for housing solutions. Imagine walking into meet them, in the 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:11.000 next session, shaking her hand and saying, "Let's get it done!" That's 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:15.000 what we are looking for, opportunity to connect with shared values. 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:19.000 We also want to support partners and Minnesotans advocate for housing wins 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:24.000 in all districts, all corners of Minnesota. One of the best ways to do 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:29.000 that is to have another-- understanding of ways lawmakers want to create 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:31.000 solutions. What if we can help lawmakers partner 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:36.000 with the community or lawmakers partner together to make sure that policies 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:39.000 address the big challenges? When we think about the candidate 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:44.000 questionnaire, this is one tool of many that we can continue to move forward 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:48.000 into future sessions into future advocacy. Thanks so much for the 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:54.000 opportunity to raise up this 1 Dynamic Way that we are trying to make housing 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.000 a priority 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:58.000 in Minnesota. We are happy to address any questions 00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:05.000 with him have a happy day. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you so much, 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:12.000 seeing the role of constituents is very powerful. 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:18.000 I'm going to pass it to Kayla from the NLIHC policy team to speak about the 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:23.000 national tenants Bill of Rights and how that can be a tool for holding 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:26.000 candidates accountable, as well. KAYLA LAYWELL: Think you so much, 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:30.000 Courtney. I have weird lighting in my house but I 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:34.000 have links ready. My name is Kayla Laywell, I she/her 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:36.000 pronouns in a housing polity -- 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:41.000 and a housing policy analyst at the NLIHC. I put our national tenants Bill 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:46.000 of Rights material in the chat as well as the call to endorsements. Please 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:50.000 reload more and endorse supply for both of -- the platform. 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:54.000 Using the national tenants Bill of Rights in your candidate engagement 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:56.000 work. A couple months more -- ago, 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:58.000 NLIHC, and the tenant unit Paul 00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:01.000 ... 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:10.000 Lunch the national tenants Bill of Rights 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.000 to advance intense protection. This national tenants Bill of Rights 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:17.000 was written with direct input from tenant leaders, people lived experience, 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:20.000 of housing instability, housing law experts, and advocates. nationwide. 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:24.000 Our nations 11 4 million tenants deserve a safe 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.000 , 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:29.000 stable and healthy home, and this platform provides 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:33.000 a bold legislative failure to enshrine tenant's rights throughout the tenancy 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.000 , 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:38.000 from both private rental housing to federally assisted properties. 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:44.000 If you have heard me speak about this before, you know that this is not yet 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:48.000 legislation, it is not introduced in Congress, but I enter NLIHC 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:57.000 NLP and TUFF 00:30:57.000 --> 00:31:02.000 team are looking to build support for the national tenants Bill of Rights, in 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:06.000 preparation for it to be introducing Congress starting in January, 2025. 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:10.000 Again, I'm joining the call to call for everybody to endorse the national 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:15.000 tenants Bill of Rights, and talk more about the national tenants Bill of 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:18.000 Rights adaptability to nonpartisan candidate engagement. Before I get into 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:21.000 the seven rights in the platform, 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:24.000 just briefly, a lot of conversations around housing affordability, 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.000 especially with elected officials 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:30.000 and candidates for elected office, a lot of these conversations are focused 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:33.000 around building warehousing supply. Supply is critical 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:35.000 , 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:38.000 but only one set of the 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:41.000 culprits and solutions to fix the broken housing 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:46.000 . 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:59.000 We also need eviction prevention tools and enact robust tenant protection. 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:04.000 This is a framework for doing justice will show when enacted, the national 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:07.000 tenants Bill of Rights will help prevent housing instability and 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:10.000 homelessness, redressed long-standing racial and social inequities in advance 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:14.000 housing justice. In order to 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:19.000 talk to candidates about this, you have to know what is in it. The 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:23.000 national tenants Bill of Rights includes seven rates listed on the 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:27.000 screen. I'm going to give you a very brief 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:32.000 overview and put my email in the chat in just a couple moments in case you 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:37.000 want to dig deeper into this or have recommendations of what should be added. 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:42.000 The first right in the national tenants Bill of Rights is the right to 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:46.000 a fair application. Everyone should get a fair shot in the 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:49.000 rental housing application process. Landlord should only consider 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:53.000 information that is relevant to an applicant's obligations, as a tenant. 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:56.000 This section includes regulations around tenant screening, 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:59.000 which components landlords should consider and not consider 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:04.000 on a rental application, and, for example, it calls for the complete 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:06.000 elimination of unnecessary barriers like 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:09.000 rental application fees. 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:14.000 The second is the right to a fair lease. 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:20.000 Leases shape the entire landlord – tenant relationship, and should 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:24.000 thoroughly define the duties and rights of both parties to avoid 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:28.000 predatory and deceptive terms. The leash should be clear and in plain 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:31.000 language that is accessible to the tenants, 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:36.000 free from unreasonable terms like weaving of tenants rights to a trial by 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:46.000 jury in areas that is already the president. 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:50.000 Thirdly, the right to freedom from discrimination and harassment of the 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:54.000 tenant leaders provided robust feedback on the section and I'm really proud of 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:57.000 it. No one should face determination, 00:33:57.000 --> 00:34:01.000 violations of privacy, or harassment in their own homes, by their landlords. 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:06.000 Tenants should have the tools to prevent and stop such abuses when they 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:08.000 occur. To fight discrimination we need more 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:12.000 funding, and resources for enforcement, especially for government agencies like 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:15.000 HUD and those tasked with enforcing fair housing laws. 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:20.000 We also need clear standards on what a landlord can access the unit, and 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:23.000 certain expectations for when they do so. Fourth, 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:36.000 the right to a habitability, or habitable home. 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:38.000 Credit 00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:44.000 -- 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:49.000 Tenant should have the right to repair and adopt and extinctions for owners 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:53.000 that fail to comply with basic habitability standards. That is at the 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:56.000 tenant level. At the national and state and local 00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:58.000 level, we need to increase 00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:02.000 the transparency around landlords and properties. This section of the bill 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:05.000 calls for state and local 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:08.000 rental registries, with information the boat owner, property management and 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:11.000 building level information, antinational tenants Bill of Rights 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:13.000 calls for a national 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:15.000 database of 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:19.000 housing. 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:23.000 Complaints including property, and owner level in 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:28.000 around environmental hazards. 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:33.000 Fifth, the right to reasonable rent and costs. To protect tenants 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:38.000 from financial shocks that put them at risk of eviction, we need safeguards to 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:39.000 prevent 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:43.000 and gouging an excessive or hidden fees, including junk fees. This section 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:45.000 breaks down fees like 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:48.000 security deposits, late fees, extra fees around utilities and 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:51.000 need for rental insurance. 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:57.000 Second to last, we have the right to organize. 00:35:57.000 --> 00:36:02.000 Cans must have the ability to advocate for themselves, without fear of 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:03.000 retaliation, or eviction from landlords 00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:04.000 , 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:08.000 property owners and landlords. 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:11.000 property managers. We need to strengthen and enforce 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:17.000 the right, and provide adequate funding for enforcement 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:21.000 and supported activities for that organizing. We also need to strengthen 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:23.000 the right to organize 00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:27.000 and provided for housing choice voucher tenants, as well as tenants in 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:31.000 Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties. Finally, the right to 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:35.000 safeguard against evictions. We all have the basic right to due 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:36.000 process, 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:39.000 and tenant should have protections from legal addictions and evictions 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:43.000 without good cause. This section talks about the right to 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:47.000 secure 00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:52.000 tenure, just cause eviction standards, and the right to be free from unlawful 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:58.000 self-help evictions. How can you use this platform 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:01.000 for pushing candidates? I mean, our other speakers, Arianna, 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:06.000 Madeleine and Brian, have summarized 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:09.000 great outreach activities, for engaging candidates for elected office. 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:12.000 Including tracking candidate policy positions, social media engagement, 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:17.000 candidate forum, and questionnaires. 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:22.000 The national tenants Bill of Rights is the preeminent federal policy agenda to 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:26.000 protect tenants now. I was imagining ways you can apply 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:28.000 those tools they have already used directly 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:34.000 for housing justice candidate forums. For example. 00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:39.000 You can ask the candidates, of course, all the same questions as they said, 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:43.000 but how would you plan to protect renters from legal evictions? 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:50.000 Or, you can draft questions 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:55.000 or one right in particular from the national tenants Bill of Rights. Or use 00:37:55.000 --> 00:38:01.000 the rights as pillars in entire housing pillar 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:04.000 Canada forum. You can ask each candidate for city 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:09.000 Council, for example, how they plan to prevent illegal rent hikes by 00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:12.000 out-of-state corporations? 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:18.000 This is the national tenant Bill of Rights, but a lot of this build on the 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:23.000 progress that has been made over the last several years from state and local 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:27.000 tenant protection advocates, tenant unions and advocates, many of which are 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:30.000 on the skull. And we have already had 11 candidates 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:32.000 endorsed this 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:36.000 since it's been releasable to peak and urge them to endorse the national 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:40.000 tenants Bill of Rights which will 00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:44.000 be made public, the candidate section of which candidates have endorsed 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:48.000 national tenants Bill of Rights and then use that to hold them 00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:53.000 accountable if they are elected into the position in which they are running. 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:59.000 Again, thank you, May, for putting up the next slide. We have the endorsement 00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:02.000 forum. The national tennis Bill of Rights, we 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:06.000 are calling for national 00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:10.000 as many endorsements as possible. NLIHC is calling for individuals to 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:14.000 endorse the national tennis Bill of Rights as well as organizations, 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:17.000 elected officials and candidates running for elected office. We know 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:22.000 that housing supply is only one piece antenna protections are vastly needed, 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:27.000 to support tenants in the private rental market, as well as in federally 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:29.000 subsidized housing, 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:33.000 and the national tenants Bill of Rights is the preeminent tenant 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:36.000 protection platform. So please, endorse the national tenants 00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:42.000 Bill of Rights, and please do feel free to reach out with any other technical 00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:46.000 feedback or questions. I will look in the Q&A now. Thank you. 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:51.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you so much, Kayla. We are so grateful for all of 00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:56.000 your leadership on the national tenants Bill of Rights, on behalf of NLIHC, and 00:39:56.000 --> 00:40:01.000 with our partners, and our tenant network, to really make this a strong 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:06.000 framework and I appreciate that framing of how it can be used in terms of 00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:11.000 applying it with these activities, that we have talked about today. I'm now 00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:15.000 going to open it up, sorry my phones ringing in the background, one second. 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:19.000 We are now going to talk about how we can... 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:25.000 I appreciate you speaking about how we can apply that in terms of the context 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:30.000 of the activities we have spoken about today. Now we going to take a look at 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:35.000 the Q&A, and ask some questions. We had a question from Denise on, 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:38.000 I think this was geared towards Arianna, 00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:41.000 we welcome responses from everyone. How are you compensating community 00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:44.000 members and for which activities? Areata Mac 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:45.000 thanks. Area on eye 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:48.000 thanks. 00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:50.000 ARIANNA BANKLER-JUKES: 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:56.000 Thanks, 00:40:56.000 --> 00:41:00.000 by providing stipends will help you have to be careful because if you're 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:05.000 giving folks compensation for the work they do, if they are living in public 00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:09.000 housing, 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:13.000 you have to make sure you're not giving them something that will trigger 00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:18.000 income limitations and potentially mess with housing. One of the ways we do it 00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:22.000 at us? Is we provide a living honorarium. 00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:27.000 If you are Ruby Smith and your introducing and giving your story to a 00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:31.000 large audience, you will be giving a living honorarium for that. 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:36.000 We do travel stipends, making sure that we get folks to the event, 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:40.000 and back and forth from the event. This is for our RUN 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:45.000 members, not just all community members at large. It's a specific group 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:47.000 of folks who get the stipends. 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:51.000 If we are doing voter engagement events at different buildings, we will 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:56.000 also provide childcare, or childcare stipends. A lot of the times this is in 00:41:56.000 --> 00:42:02.000 the form of a visa gift card. That is a way that makes it easier, for 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:05.000 us to give them the stated -- stipend. 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:10.000 It is a pretty couple get a process will help you to be careful about it, 00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:12.000 but it's also really important. 00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:17.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you so much. I will add NLIHC has a practice of 00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:22.000 providing stipends for tenant leaders, when they contribute to our blog or 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:27.000 speak on our panels to recognize that they are doing landlord that they may 00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:31.000 not be employed for an organization. 00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:36.000 We ensure that tenants are unpaid doing the work we provide a stipend as 00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:38.000 well. It's always important to be 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:39.000 conscientious 00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:43.000 for those who are receiving any sort of housing assistance, or live in 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:48.000 public housing, that we do not want to put them over the income livid 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:52.000 limit and jeopardize that critical housing assistance. Happy to answer 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:57.000 questions on technicalities of that. I am seeing a question on 00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:58.000 from Lucy, for Kayla. 00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:03.000 , 00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:07.000 in the chat, about immigration as a protected class, and discrimination. 00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:14.000 What can we do with landlords to ensure that applicants are not 00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:21.000 forced to provide their Social Security number? 00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:27.000 I know you have done a lot of work on immigrants rights in housing, so can 00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:31.000 you speak to that a little bit? KAYLA LAYWELL: That's a great question. 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:36.000 A lot of these fair housing issues depend on how successfully they are 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:41.000 enforced, and we heard over and over again that a national talents Bill of 00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:45.000 Rights doesn't matter if it is not enforced. It calls for dramatic 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:50.000 increase in enforcement from HUD and adequate for housing testing and regular 00:43:50.000 --> 00:44:00.000 accountability to make sure that in places where there are protections 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:04.000 for notice termination based on source of income, for example, that tenants 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:08.000 are truly protected in those communities will ship it doesn't matter 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:12.000 if it is not being adequately enforced by the local jurisdiction. 00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:15.000 Immigration and other fair housing discrimination, it is 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:19.000 dependent on your locality while the fair housing act calls for seven 00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:25.000 protected classes, many 00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:29.000 communities are being discriminated against because there is a lack of 00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:32.000 enforcement. For the specific case it anywhere in 00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:38.000 your community I would urge you to talk to your local legal aid, for specific 00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:42.000 cases, and to work with your local fair housing organization so that 00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:47.000 they can continue to be advanced in fair housing 00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:51.000 protections and immigrant families are protected and everyone has access to 00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:55.000 housing regardless of where they come from. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Think you. 00:44:55.000 --> 00:45:00.000 Also seeing a question from Helen that they have used the tactics in the 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:04.000 past and superintendent rates and were successful and that the municipality 00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:17.000 she would -- to adopt ordinance, that's great to hear. I also see 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:21.000 a comment from Tara that they have already endorsed the national tenants 00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:25.000 Bill of Rights, so we greatly appreciate that, Tara. We hope that 00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:30.000 everybody on the call will follow in your footsteps. I am also seeing a 00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:33.000 question about media accountability from Helen. And what 00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:38.000 steps we can take to get the media's eyes on homelessness and housing 00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:42.000 instability and to hold public officials accountable through the media. 00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:47.000 Arianna, I will pass it to you. ARIANNA BANKLER-JUKES: . I can take a 00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:50.000 stab at it. Part of the 1 million homes campaign, 00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:53.000 for the different groups that received grants, 00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:59.000 to put on Ativan in the next couple of months, one requirement is you had to 00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:05.000 had media at your event. 00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:10.000 Going back to what Brian and Madeleine were talking about with Twitter storms 00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:15.000 and direct -- to generating buzz, doing these across the state at the same time 00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:20.000 is to generate a lot of buzz. There's two ways we are going about 00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:23.000 this. One, inviting media to 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:28.000 be there for the earned media, if you are on familiar with that is, it's 00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:32.000 free publicity. 00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:41.000 If you can get the journalist at your event to write about it, that is a great 00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:46.000 and beneficial way to get the word out there. Ideally we are having 10 or 15 00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:51.000 events across the state, there's enough buzz that it can get in the 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:56.000 papers and get written up somewhere. We are also inviting a moderator that 00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:59.000 is a journalist. We have identified a few different on 00:46:59.000 --> 00:47:05.000 camera journalists, and local NPR journalists, folks that are also big 00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:10.000 in LA Times, to be the moderator at the event, and a part of this, Helen, 00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:15.000 is to be holding our candidates accountable because it is written down 00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:18.000 in the paper, and getting the media attention later on 00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:24.000 and can be pointed out and say, "Look, he talked about it at the candidate 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:26.000 aura. -- forum. How can we hold 00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:28.000 them accountable moving forward?" 00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:36.000 MADELEINE HAMMERLUND: 00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:40.000 To jump in, one of the most powerful ways to motivate lawmakers to align 00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:43.000 values and actions is the spirit of appreciation. 00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:48.000 It is not only about asking candidates to complete our questionnaire through 00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:52.000 social media, also recognizing the great work that they are doing. So 00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:57.000 appreciating the time that they spend, sharing what they are going to do to 00:47:57.000 --> 00:48:02.000 make Minnesota a better place to call home. Where using a couple different 00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:06.000 ways, Facebook, thinking about blog posts, but I've got to be myself. You 00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:11.000 also have me thinking about LET -- LTE's, the power of raising Minnesotans 00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:12.000 up as an opportunity. 00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:17.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you. I think showing the appreciation for 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:22.000 candidates for taking the time, no matter what you're doing, when no 00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:26.000 matter what their stances are, recognizing that campaigns are busy and 00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:31.000 showing that gratitude to them for showing up, or writing an answer to the 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:33.000 question. It makes a very big difference. 00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:36.000 I am seeing a few questions or comments 00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:39.000 about accessibility 00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:43.000 and disability rights organizations. I think that 00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:49.000 reads is an important point around these forms of engagement. 00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:54.000 Can you speak to, whoever would like to take the question, about how your 00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:58.000 candidate events and outreach and communications to your network are made 00:48:58.000 --> 00:48:59.000 accessible for people with disabilities? 00:48:59.000 --> 00:49:04.000 MADELEINE HAMMERLUND: I'm happy to jump in. 00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:09.000 MHP, our future starts at home, we are fortunate to have very powerful 00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:14.000 partner organizations who have a deep understanding of what it means to make 00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:16.000 our work accessible. 00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:22.000 The partners I want to raise up is actually the Ark of Minnesota, 00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:26.000 hosting candidate forums across Minnesota and they're good to be 00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:30.000 utilizing the questionnaire that we codeveloped to make sure that housing 00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:33.000 is present in a priority in those candidate forums, as well. 00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:37.000 We know that there are all types of ways 00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:40.000 of making sure that this is an accessible 00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:43.000 tool, advocacy tool, and so one of the things 00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:48.000 I also want to raise up is all of the candidate responses are shared 00:49:48.000 --> 00:49:52.000 on the MHP website for all Minnesotans to access, review, and utilize 00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:57.000 when they are meeting with their housing champions at the capital. 00:49:57.000 --> 00:50:00.000 Those are some of the things we have's 00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:06.000 taken, 00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:09.000 making sure it's integrated inaccessible way and remains available 00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:17.000 to all Minnesotans. 00:50:17.000 --> 00:50:21.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Arianna, do you want to add to that? ARIANNA 00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:27.000 BANKLER-JUKES: I think it's flagging an important part, 00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:33.000 an important point, ensuring that we do a candidate forum or we are doing it 00:50:33.000 --> 00:50:37.000 in a location that is accessible, that has what Joanne had mentioned, 00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:39.000 elevators in place, cramps in place, 00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:43.000 and there's other ways that we are incorporating accessibility, language 00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:44.000 accessibility. 00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:47.000 Making sure we have interpreters 00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:49.000 in place, and translating materials, and with 00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:50.000 NLIHC, 00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:52.000 a lot of the 00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:58.000 materials you sent over to us have been 00:50:58.000 --> 00:51:02.000 translated to other languages, especially in a city like LA where you 00:51:02.000 --> 00:51:08.000 have somebody different languages spoken at home. 00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:13.000 Accessibility means a lot of different things and we try to ensure that we are 00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:17.000 being as accessible as possible at our events. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you. 00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:20.000 We also have got a question 00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:22.000 about transportation. Especially in a rural area, 00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:26.000 transportation is a big barrier. How do you overcome the barrier while 00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:31.000 recognizing that there can be a lot of costs associated with that? 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:34.000 Arianna, I know you mentioned you provide assistance with transportation 00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:35.000 for RUN 00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:39.000 members to get to events. Can you speak more about that? ARIANNA 00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:40.000 BANKLER-JUKES: 00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:46.000 It's a little bit different since we are in a big city but it is a big city. 00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:50.000 Folks are coming, and averaged driving time for 00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:55.000 everywhere in LA is 30 minutes. We provide reimbursement for folks who 00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:59.000 take public transportation, and at times we will get Ubers or Lyf 00:51:59.000 --> 00:52:01.000 ts, or do carpooling. 00:52:01.000 --> 00:52:06.000 A lot of folks do live close to weeks 00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:11.000 To each other, and coordinating folks to drive together is something that is 00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:12.000 helpful. 00:52:12.000 --> 00:52:16.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you. 00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:21.000 I am also seeing a question about this Congress, and what opportunities there 00:52:21.000 --> 00:52:22.000 are 00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:26.000 for legislation, which is switching gears a little bit but I think very 00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:31.000 relevant to this conversation around election season, and what we can expect. 00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:35.000 I know that a lot of elected officials, including the entirety of 00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:38.000 the U.S. Congress, are busy in campaign mode, 00:52:38.000 --> 00:52:40.000 not quite as focused on 00:52:40.000 --> 00:52:46.000 the day-to-day of legislating in DC, so my sense of that 00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:50.000 outlook is that things are pretty quiet in Congress. 00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:54.000 We are always pushing on the federal budget, and pushing for the maximum 00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:56.000 possible resources 00:52:56.000 --> 00:53:00.000 for housing and homelessness programs, and to push back against any potential 00:53:00.000 --> 00:53:01.000 cuts to the programs 00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:05.000 that we care about. That's always an area of focus for 00:53:05.000 --> 00:53:11.000 NLIHC, and we provide a lot of tools you can use to advocate so I can drop 00:53:11.000 --> 00:53:16.000 some of those in the chat momentarily. 00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:20.000 It's also August resource where many members are back home in their district 00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:25.000 so a prime opportunity for advocacy both on the short-term work 00:53:25.000 --> 00:53:29.000 on the budget, or longer-term work around some priority legislation and 00:53:29.000 --> 00:53:32.000 issue areas including the national tenants Bill of Rights. 00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:36.000 There's always a lot of opportunity for advocacy, even when we are not 00:53:36.000 --> 00:53:42.000 expecting a whole lot to get passed in Congress, within the next few weeks. I 00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:45.000 appreciate it, thank you Kayla for dropping the link 00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:49.000 to our latest summary of what is happening up-to-the-minute in Congress, 00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:54.000 in our memo to members and partners including our advocacy tools. Thank you 00:53:54.000 --> 00:53:59.000 to the person who asked the question. Kayla, is there anything you wanted to 00:53:59.000 --> 00:54:03.000 chime in there but what is happening in Congress? KAYLA LAYWELL: I think that 00:54:03.000 --> 00:54:08.000 is about it. It is going to be a tough, we are 00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:12.000 likely to see a supplemental bill in regards to the appropriations process 00:54:12.000 --> 00:54:15.000 this year. A lot of buildup and momentum in 00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:20.000 fighting for a tax package starting in 2025. Stay tuned. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: 00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:23.000 Thank you. I see a few questions in the Q&A that 00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:28.000 are about specific states and how to do nonprofit housing or to get funding for 00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:33.000 shelters or housing authority in those states. I recommend reaching out to me 00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:38.000 or to your NLIHC field team, organizer to get connected with our state partners 00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:41.000 in those states. You can learn more about the specific 00:54:41.000 --> 00:54:45.000 programs that are available in your state or region. 00:54:45.000 --> 00:54:50.000 I will also put Arianna and Madeleine and Brian on the spot, their 00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:53.000 organizations are part of NLIHC's state partner, 00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:57.000 state and tribal partner network, so you may be interested in reaching out 00:54:57.000 --> 00:55:01.000 to them and connecting off-line about those opportunities. 00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:05.000 Just getting to see if there are any additional questions. 00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:15.000 That we are going to take right now. 00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:21.000 Thank you, my colleague Thaddeus 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:27.000 dropped the map from the NLIHC field team, so if you click the link you can 00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:32.000 see who was the main point of contact for your organizers and advocates in 00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:33.000 your state. 00:55:33.000 --> 00:55:38.000 I see a question from Joanne, are we working on getting right to 00:55:38.000 --> 00:55:41.000 representation laws passed for tenants facing efficient -- eviction? 00:55:41.000 --> 00:55:48.000 ARIANNA BANKLER-JUKES: I can't 00:55:48.000 --> 00:55:51.000 answer that. At SCANPH, not directly, we are focused 00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:56.000 on the affordable housing develop inside but that said, there's a local 00:55:56.000 --> 00:56:01.000 effort happening in LA County that we are working on, called measure A, to 00:56:01.000 --> 00:56:06.000 fund affordable housing develop it, homeless and servicemen and 00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:09.000 -- services antenna protection. Going along with what you mention, 00:56:09.000 --> 00:56:18.000 Joanne. 00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:25.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: At NLIHC we have are state and local developing team 00:56:25.000 --> 00:56:26.000 working on supporting and connecting states and localities working on a 00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:31.000 number of tenant protections. We can share the link to the work they 00:56:31.000 --> 00:56:35.000 are doing, and I know they have a ton of resources around 00:56:35.000 --> 00:56:38.000 different policy priorities, including right to representation. Definitely 00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:42.000 recommend checking that out if you're getting started on advocacy around the 00:56:42.000 --> 00:56:45.000 issue. (unknown name) asked if the deck will 00:56:45.000 --> 00:56:48.000 be forwarded. Absolutely. We will have this all 00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:53.000 shared, the recording and slides, the links shared in the chat, and our 00:56:53.000 --> 00:57:00.000 Friday email newsletter called duck Connection for It's also 00:57:00.000 --> 00:57:04.000 posted on our YouTube page. 00:57:04.000 --> 00:57:18.000 We have a both three-minute levels of thinking to everybody, for our 00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:23.000 . 00:57:23.000 --> 00:57:28.000 We can take the last two minutes to talk about opportunities to get 00:57:28.000 --> 00:57:32.000 involved with Our Homes, Our Votes, beyond the webinar series. We 00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:37.000 appreciate you all taking the time to attend the webinars, and also know that 00:57:37.000 --> 00:57:42.000 there is much more work to happen in the remaining few months before the 00:57:42.000 --> 00:57:45.000 election. I'm going to jump into a few of those 00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:49.000 opportunities to get involved. We have Our Homes, Our Votes affiliates 00:57:49.000 --> 00:57:54.000 network which is a group of nonpartisan organizations that are committed to 00:57:54.000 --> 00:57:57.000 carrying out this campaign's goals of boosting voter turnout around 00:57:57.000 --> 00:58:02.000 low income residents and elevating housing as an election issue. If you 00:58:02.000 --> 00:58:03.000 are on the call, 00:58:03.000 --> 00:58:08.000 you are most likely part of the network of people that is eligible to 00:58:08.000 --> 00:58:11.000 become an affiliate, that includes advocacy organizations, direct service 00:58:11.000 --> 00:58:13.000 providers, resident counters and 00:58:13.000 --> 00:58:16.000 tenant associations, local governments, anybody that shares the 00:58:16.000 --> 00:58:17.000 campaign 00:58:17.000 --> 00:58:20.000 mission. We have a listserv will re-share 00:58:20.000 --> 00:58:23.000 opportunities and announcements related to nonpartisan voter engagement 00:58:23.000 --> 00:58:27.000 and we have some enhanced access to Our Homes, Our Votes tools and 00:58:27.000 --> 00:58:31.000 resources for affiliates. We will drop the link in the 00:58:31.000 --> 00:58:36.000 chat if you have not signed up, you can do so. Next slide, please. 00:58:36.000 --> 00:58:42.000 I want to make sure everybody knows about Turbo Vote, 00:58:42.000 --> 00:58:45.000 one-stop shop where voters can register to vote, people do 00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:49.000 registration, to voter registration status, son of relation reminders and 00:58:49.000 --> 00:58:52.000 find 00:58:52.000 --> 00:58:56.000 election information for the community. Sharing the link is a great 00:58:56.000 --> 00:59:01.000 way to promote voter registration in your networks both online and in person. 00:59:01.000 --> 00:59:05.000 If you have questions about best practices for using Turbo Vote, 00:59:05.000 --> 00:59:10.000 please feel free to reach out to us. It is available in both English and 00:59:10.000 --> 00:59:13.000 Spanish. Next slide, please. Our Homes, Our 00:59:13.000 --> 00:59:17.000 Votes also has a comprehensive resource library with tools and templates you 00:59:17.000 --> 00:59:21.000 can use to launch or strengthen your own nonpartisan voter and candidate 00:59:21.000 --> 00:59:24.000 engagement work. 00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:28.000 This includes resources that are very relevant to what we discussed today, 00:59:28.000 --> 00:59:31.000 around candidate engagement, including a sample candidate questionnaire, and 00:59:31.000 --> 00:59:35.000 some tips for doing nonpartisan candidate outreach. We will drop the 00:59:35.000 --> 00:59:39.000 link for you can find those resources. Next slide, please. 00:59:39.000 --> 00:59:42.000 I have also noted before on the webinar series, 00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:46.000 and will continue to flag for everybody who is new, Our Homes, Our 00:59:46.000 --> 00:59:51.000 Votes is a proud partner of national voter registration day which is a 00:59:51.000 --> 00:59:54.000 nonpartisan civic holiday dedicated to celebrating and uplifting voter 00:59:54.000 --> 00:59:55.000 registration. 00:59:55.000 --> 00:59:59.000 Is coming up quickly. In about one month, on Tuesday, 00:59:59.000 --> 01:00:00.000 September 17 01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:06.000 and we encourage everybody on the call to sign up as a community partner. 01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:10.000 Community partners receive access to exclusive training webinars, and free 01:00:10.000 --> 01:00:15.000 swag from national voter registration day, and will drop the link to sign up 01:00:15.000 --> 01:00:19.000 as a partner in the chat. That's a perfect segue to 01:00:19.000 --> 01:00:25.000 the topic of our next webinar, which will take place on Tuesday, September 3, 01:00:25.000 --> 01:00:29.000 at 2:30 PM Eastern. Note, this is on a Tuesday rather than 01:00:29.000 --> 01:00:32.000 our regular Monday time slot because of Labor Day. 01:00:32.000 --> 01:00:37.000 This webinar is titled Celebrating the Civic Holidays looked up it will cover 01:00:37.000 --> 01:00:52.000 how and why to celebrate the look national nonpartisan celebrations 01:00:52.000 --> 01:00:54.000 for elections, national voter registration day, national voter 01:00:54.000 --> 01:00:59.000 education week, but early day, and election here a day. You can find a 01:00:59.000 --> 01:01:04.000 description of the next webinar and the recordings and slides in length from 01:01:04.000 --> 01:01:16.000 all of the past webinars on the webinar archive page we will share in the chat. 01:01:16.000 --> 01:01:19.000 Thank you for joining. NLIHC offices are closed next week. We 01:01:19.000 --> 01:01:24.000 have some time for rest and rejuvenation so if you have inquiries 01:01:24.000 --> 01:01:29.000 for us, please send them to us this week. If not, we will get to you 01:01:29.000 --> 01:01:34.000 when we return to the office in early September. Thank you so much.