Since we, the residents of Washington, D.C., lack voting representation in Congress, we need you, who do have representation, to adopt D.C.! We are launching a new advocacy effort to recruit 50,000 votes from across the country in support of affordable housing in D.C. When issues arise concerning federal agencies and HUD-related housing, we need votes in Congress to influence budget decisions and HUD actions and policy. We need you to sign up for our network and register your support with your Congresspeople on an as-needed basis.

We are working with several federally subsidized apartment houses where low-income people live and are threatened with displacement and loss of rights due to misguided HUD policies. Whenever this happens we need you to adopt us and get your Senator or Representative to put pressure on HUD or other federal agencies to change direction. With strong Congressional influence, D.C.’s working families can continue live in their homes and stabilize their neighborhoods.

One success story of Congressional influence over HUD comes from New York. HUD had to decide what to do with apartment houses where HUD held the mortgage but that were being poorly maintained by private owners. Because local New York activists and organizers won the support of Senator Schumer and Rep. Rangel, they got HUD to foreclose on the negligent owners and to sell the properties in special auctions with preference given to non-profits and the city's housing authority. This ensured the homes remained in the HUD Section 8 program.

The nation’s capitol, Washington, D.C., has no Senators or voting Representatives. So we need you! By joining the Adopt DC network, you will receive occasional, easy-to-respond-to alerts, which sometimes will relate to issues affecting housing nationwide and other times will deal with a specific issue relating to D.C. Even taking action on the DC-specific issues could affect your state by helping to guide HUD and Congress toward making better decisions across the country.

I would like to help by...

Name:

Address:

City:

State/Prov:

Name of Representative

and/or District #:

Zip/Post. code:

Phone:

E-mail:

Comments: