The 2008 Elections

Pushing Candidates to End Homelessness

This fall, voters will elect new officials from City Hall to the White House. The growing crisis of homelessness in America is an issue that every candidate needs to address -- but without public pressure, many won't even mention it.

Through the year, check back for ways you can help make homelessness and affordable housing a top election-year issue in your community.

"Five Fundamentals Campaign"

A Challenge to Candidates for Public Office to Pledge to End Homelessness

The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, together with the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National AIDS Housing Coalition, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Center on Family Homelessness, and the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness, is launching a campaign to ask candidates for all levels of public office to endorse the Five Fundamentals to Prevent and End Homelessness. The groups have developed a toolkit for state and local advocates, service providers, and all interested persons to use to educate candidates for local, state, or national office about the types of policies needed to address homelessness. The Toolkit may be downloaded here. Please note that the toolkit or pledge should not be used to endorse any particular candidate or party, but rather to educate potential policy makers about the causes of and solutions to homelessness.

NEW RESOURCE: Candidate Guide
NLCHP has a new candidate guide on how Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama stand on the issues that count for homeless and low-income Americans.
Click here to read.