Housing on Merit participates in the San Diego Hunger Advocacy Network, a coalition of non-profits dedicated to the mission of anti-hunger policy and advocacy. In May 2017 the network met with elected officials in Sacramento to gain support for its Legislative Priorities.

To learn more about the Network’s 2017 Legislative priorities, click here.

With sponsorship from the Kresge Foundation, National Housing Conference will host the first Housing and Health working group meeting on March 3, 2017. The working group is made up of practitioners and organizations from both the housing and health sector that are engaged in innovative cross-sector collaborations and investments. The 6 in-person meetings will focus on identifying sustainable ways to foster more collaboration and investment particularly targeted to households earning about 30 percent of area median income and suffer from chronic health conditions. Lessons distilled from these conversations will be shared more broadly with the housing and health fields.

National Housing Conference hosted the 2016 How Housing Matters Conference in partnership with Urban, ULI and HUD PD&R, with sponsorship from the MacArthur Foundation. The Conference explored the intersecting issues facing the housing, health, education, and workforce development sectors and identified the challenges to continuing this work in the new political climate. NHC produced 3 profiles of innovative collaborations at the intersection of housing and health, education, and economic security.

Our Executive Director, Jennifer Litwak, will be moderating a talk on Homelessness and its Impact on Commercial Real Estate. Clink on the link above to learn more and to register for the event.

Housing on Merit is joining the mission to end veteran homelessness in Greater Los Angeles at United Way’s HomeWalk on Saturday, November 21st. Join our team by registering to walk or run – or make a donation to help us reach our fundraising goal. 100% of your gift (every dollar you donate or fund raise) will go directly to services dedicated to ending homelessness in Greater Los Angeles.

Thanks for joining #TheHomeStretch in ending veteran homelessness in LA County.

Housing on Merit is proud to be part of the Hunger Advocacy Network. Every year the network meets with elected officials in Sacramento to gain support for its Legislative Agenda. To learn more about the Network’s 2015 Legislative priorities, click here.