Current Advocacy Opportunities

Time- Critical Opportunities

Our lawmakers are elected to represent us! Let your representatives know how you want them to vote on important issues and why those issues matter to you.

Current Action Alerts

There may only be a small window to influence how our legislators vote on bills that have potential to change our lives. The list of Current Action Alerts changes quickly during Idaho legislative sessions—and includes urgent local and national alerts as well. Stay informed and make your voice heard now!

Action Alerts!

Action Items:

Federal budget line items—Read the National Alliance to End Homelessness fact sheet about progress made toward ending homelessness and what is needed to sustain that progress: https://endhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/July2022_FY2023Priorities.pdf

Then tell your Members of Congress just how important funding for Homeless Assistance Grants and Tenant-Based Rental Assistance is to include in FY23 appropriations: Tell Congress: Homelessness Funding is Critical in FY23 – National Alliance to End Homelessness

Learning Opportunities:

NLIHC webinars on Housing First—This National Low Income Housing Coalition webinar series on Housing First is fantastic! The series is over, but NLIHC has posted recordings of the first two webinars. You can read recaps of each webinar and view a recording or presentation slides by using the links in the second paragraph of each recap. Housing First Webinar Recaps | National Low Income Housing Coalition (nlihc.org)

Get the Action Alerts!

Throughout the year, as important opportunities arise to contact representatives at any level of government, or to reach out to the public, the Coalition emails action alerts to members and to everyone one our email list. Sign up to receive time-critical information about proposed legislation and policy issues. Most action alerts include links to easily submit input to your representatives, or addresses for your Letters to the Editor. See the Sign Up Form in the Sidebar to the right.