February 2024 | Message from Our Executive Director
| PA Housing Providers Increased Voter Turnout; Find Out How to Join Us This Year in Non-Partisan Voter Engagement PREVIOUS IMPACT 27 organizations were part of our PA Votes initiative leading up to the 2020 Presidential and 2022 Mid-Term Elections. They engaged over 6,800 low-income potential voters in nonpartisan activities such as voter registration drives, providing transportation to and from polling locations, door to door canvassing, election reminders, and candidate town halls. An analysis from the national organization Nonprofit Vote found that our Pennsylvania partner organizations increased voter turnout by 9 and 10 percentage points respectively and among those least likely to vote. More partners in the joint PA Votes initiative this year will likely mean stronger, collective outcomes! Here’s what previous partners said: “We wanted to work with the Housing Alliance because of the great tools and resources that help us to make voting a priority” -Parkview Towers “Voting is not a one-time thing. It requires constant education and information sharing to your residents. PA Votes (the Housing Alliance’s initiative) gave us the tools to do that” –Allentown Housing Authority WHO Nonprofits, housing authorities, case managers, and affordable housing property managers can all engage in non-partisan voter engagement activities. Many activities can be easily integrated into your regular engagement with residents, tenants, consumers, and clients. We have a host of resources about what you can and cannot do based on your organization type. We want more partners this year than ever before because 2024 is such an important election year and because more partners will likely lead to even stronger collective outcomes. Click here for our previous partner list. HOW The Housing Alliance wants to help your organization include and integrate simple and nonpartisan voter registration and engagement activities into what you currently do. Some examples of this could be hosting a voter registration drive at an already planned community event, sending out important election date reminders in your communications to your residents, or discussing voting in your regularly scheduled meetings with clients. Think your organization can’t do this kind of work? Here are resources to help you understand what your nonprofit can and cannot do. And note that HUD clarified previously that housing authorities can also engage in nonpartisan voter registration and engagement. Please find out how to get involved by joining our virtual event on Tuesday, February 27th from 11am-12pm and / or contacting Jen Thomas at jennifer@housingalliancepa.org. To register, click here. In partnership,  Phyllis Chamberlain Executive Director |