Speak Up for Housing Rights at City Council
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Monday, Jul 25, 2022 5:30pm
Details
We’re headed back to Lincoln’s City Council for the comment period on Monday, July 25th and hope to see you there!
Housing is unaffordable for 45% of Lincolnites who rent at all income levels, and 86% of our lowest income neighbors spend over a third of their income on rent. This just isn’t right, and we want to see the Lincoln City Council take immediate action to increase access to affordable housing for our neighbors.
Join us to highlight a specific action City Council can take: ending source of income discrimination. Have you ever seen a rental posting that says something like “no vouchers” or “no section 8” ? For neighbors that use housing vouchers to secure affordable housing, these blanket statements mean that at least 20% of voucher users are unable to ever use them. Lincoln can change this so we are fully utilizing our housing affordability tools and ensure that more Lincolnites can find a place to call home.
You can participate in this housing rights night by :
1. Being present! Sit with us in the city council chambers to show there’s community support for these issues. If you have a housing rights shirt, wear it!
2. Share a comment with the city council during the comment period! Need some pointers crafting your testimony? Email Lizzie at LTurner@NEAppleseed.org and check out this Guide to City Council Comments: https://bit.ly/3O0N8q7
3. Call/email/Tweet City Council members to let them know you care about affordable housing in Lincoln!
Learn more about source of income discrimination here: https://bit.ly/39wtkfq
The City Council meeting starts at 5:30pm, and the comment period will take place once they finish with the planned agenda. Please note that the start time of the comment period can vary.