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For Pride, continue the fight against LGBTQIA+ homelessness

Pride Month is a time to examine how and why oppression and poverty disproportionately impact LGBTQIA+ individuals, in particular for transgender people who face an escalating erosion of their rights.

June 7, 2023 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

Making connections: How you Set the Agenda for the new Congress in 2023!

Take a moment for a deep breath and a figurative (or literal!) pat on the back, you set the agenda in 2023!

Happy Tax Day! Here’s how we’re all fighting for tax code equity and access

For far too many families, there are burdens and barriers to filing their taxes that limit access to credits they are owed or cancel out the credits altogether.

April 17, 2023 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

Celebrating advocacy successes in 2022 — and gearing up for more in 2023

Thank you to all the dedicated advocates and donors who made our successes in 2022 possible and for partnering with us to pursue a more just, equitable, and healthy world in 2023! Learn about what we achieved together in 2022 and our priorities for the coming year.

How to Effectively Talk to Your Lawmakers About the Renter Tax Credit

The affordable housing crisis has reached a fever-pitch. For many, stable housing is out of reach for myriad reasons like low housing supply, rents rising faster than wages, and inflation making everything more expensive. RESULTS’s Set the Agenda campaign aims to paint a clear picture for lawmakers of the dire economic reality for millions of households. Learn more about the Renter Tax Credit and tips on how to initiate effective conversations with your lawmakers.

February 1, 2023 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

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2023 U.S. Poverty Laser Talks

Use our current U.S. poverty laser talks in your upcoming lobby meetings, letters to the editor, and e-mails to Congress.

January 24, 2023 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

October 2022 U.S. Poverty Policy Forum: Why a renter’s tax credit and tax equity are needed now

Learn details on why a renter’s tax credit is needed to help low-income Americans struggling with the high cost of rent. Danielle Bautista, a 2022 RESULTS Fellow and member of the RESULTS San Diego group, discusses California’s renter’s tax credit and how 2021’s expanded Child Tax Credit improved housing stability. View the recording and the slides (PDF version/PPT version) from the webinar.

October 20, 2022 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

October 2022: Urge Congress to support a more equitable tax code

2022 U.S. Poverty Laser Talks

Use our current U.S. poverty laser talks in your upcoming lobby meetings, letters to the editor, and e-mails to Congress.

August 2, 2022 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

2022 Fall Campaign Resources

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Housing & Home Ownership

How to effectively talk to your lawmakers about the Renter Tax Credit

2023 Renter Tax Credit Policy Brief

2023 Renter Tax Credit Congressional Leave-Behind

State Renter’s Tax Credit Tracker Spreadsheet

2023 RTC Laser Talk

RTC Motivational Interviewing Techniques