Washington, DC – On April 25, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) reintroduced the Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act, which would create an additional 250,000 housing vouchers specifically designed for low-income families with young children to expand their access to neighborhoods of opportunity with high-performing schools, strong job prospects, and other […]

On September 23, Children’s HealthWatch, in partnership with the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign, released two new policy briefs that highlight research on the health, educational, and financial consequences of eviction and unstable housing among families with children and call on Congress to pass evidence-based policies that promote access to stable, affordable homes. Authored by […]

Washington, DC – Today, the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign released the results of a national opinion poll revealing that the public is deeply concerned about the housing affordability crisis and favors decisive government action.  The Tarrance Group, one of the most widely respected Republican strategic research and polling firms in the nation, conducted the poll on behalf […]

Washington, DC – On June 23, 2021, Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH), along with Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Todd Young (R-IN), reintroduced the Eviction Crisis Act, which creates new tools to help end the nation’s continuing eviction epidemic.  Among various other promising provisions, the legislation includes the creation of an Emergency Assistance Fund to […]

Washington, DC – On June 9, 2021, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) reintroduced the Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act, which would create an additional 500,000 housing vouchers specifically designed for low-income families with young children to expand their access to neighborhoods of opportunity with high-performing schools, strong job prospects, and other resources.  […]

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Senate Republicans proposed an inadequate and unacceptable coronavirus relief package that fails to include resources and protections to ensure struggling renters can stay in their homes and to get people experiencing homelessness rapidly housed.  Up to 23 million renters are on the brink of eviction, and every day of inaction puts more of […]

On June 30, partners of the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign published a new peer-reviewed commentary in Academic Pediatrics that calls on pediatricians to advocate for more robust and equitable affordable housing investments.  Authored by experts at the National Low Income Housing Coalition and Children’s HealthWatch, the commentary highlights the decades of research demonstrating the […]

Washington, DC – Today, the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign released the results of a national public opinion poll that it recently commissioned through Hart Research Associates.  The poll reveals that Americans are deeply concerned about housing instability as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and expect major action from Congress to prevent evictions and homelessness.  The vast […]

WASHINGTON DC – The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign applauds Congress for recently enacting the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act)” to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This response package included $12 billion in housing and homelessness funding to help prevent an outbreak among people experiencing homelessness and to provide resources and […]

Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign hosted a panel discussion at the National Press Club with senior leaders from the National League of Cities, Catholic Charities USA, Children’s HealthWatch, National Women’s Law Center, and National Low Income Housing Coalition to discuss the prioritization of housing affordability in the national agenda.  The event, […]

Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign hosted a Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss the two major pieces of bipartisan housing legislation that were recently introduced in the Senate: the Eviction Crisis Act and the Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act.  The briefing was attended by roughly 100 Hill staffers and […]

Washington, DC – On December 18, 2019, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act, which would create an additional 500,000 housing vouchers specifically designed for low-income families with young children to expand their access to neighborhoods of opportunity with high-performing schools, strong job prospects, and other resources.  […]

Washington, DC – On December 12, 2019, Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH), along with Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Todd Young (R-IN), introduced the Eviction Crisis Act, which creates new tools to help end the nation’s continuing eviction epidemic.  Among various other promising provisions, the legislation includes the creation of an Emergency Assistance Fund to […]

Washington, DC – Today, the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign released the results of a national public opinion poll that it recently commissioned through Hart Research Associates.  The vast majority of the public (85%) believes that ensuring everyone has a safe, decent, affordable place to live should be a “top national priority.”  This view is strong […]

Washington, DC – Today, leading national organizations from the housing, education, health, civil rights, anti-hunger, anti-poverty, and faith-based sectors released a new report which calls for an ambitious federal response to the nation’s housing affordability crisis. Over the past year, these organizations have joined together through Opportunity Starts at Home, an unprecedented multi-sector campaign to advocate […]