Housing & Home Ownership

Use our current housing and tax EPIC laser talks in your upcoming lobby meetings, letters to the editor, and e-mails to Congress.

Join RESULTS staff Meredith Dodson and Michael Santos as they overview our current requests on long-term rental assistance, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). Learn about the tremendous opportunity we have this year to dramatically reduce housing insecurity and child poverty. Review the webinar recording and slides (PDF version/PPT version).

Guest Speaker: Zach Tilly, Children’s Defense Fund; Alex Palacios, Global Partnership for Education

Webinar time: Saturday, May 1 at 1:00 pm ET. Register for the webinar here. (Registration closes one hour prior to the webinar.)

Drawing on his experience as an attorney helping tenants in San Francisco, RESULTS’ Senior Policy Associate Michael Santos discusses evictions and their impact on American renters, overviews plans to address the affordable housing crisis, and outlines ways to make the case for affordable housing to your members of Congress. View the recording and slides from the webinar.

Guest Speaker: Diane Yentel, National Low-Income Housing Coalition; Keifer Buckingham, Open Society Foundations

Webinar time: Saturday, April 3 at 1:00 pm ET. Register for the webinar here. (Registration closes one hour prior to the webinar.)

RESULTS’ Meredith Dodson reviews new data on hardship amidst the pandemic and why it is important that we expand access to housing assistance as part of new recovery legislation. She also discusses the amazing opportunity we have to dramatically reduce poverty through expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. Watch the recording and chat and review the slides from the forum.

Learn the basics of meeting with members of Congress and their staff including scheduling a meeting, preparing for it, running it, and following up afterward. Also, learn the basics of RESULTS EPIC Laser Talk so you can speak powerfully when meeting with lawmakers. Listen to the recording and view the slides from this training.

According to the Cook Political Report, there are nearly 100 competitive races and/or open seats in the House for the 2020 elections. A competitive race is an opportunity to influence and to develop relationships with candidates. Why? Because they are very interested in connecting with voting constituents!

Check out the recording and slides (pdf version)for our Candidate Engagement webinar and find laser talks and a leave behind to build a relationship with House candidates now.