Advocating for affordable housing is crucial for ensuring access to safe and stable living conditions, fostering community stability, reducing homelessness, promoting economic growth, and advancing social justice. By advocating for affordable housing, individuals and communities can work towards a more equitable and inclusive society.

• Understand the problem and the consequences of a lack of attainable housing

• Find out how your municipal officials feel about the issue

  • What’s in your municipality’s long-range plan for housing?

  • If the plan supports attainable housing, what have they done?

  • Does your zoning code support increased density?

  • What types of housing projects have been approved in the last several years? Are there any attainable housing projects?

• Watch your municipality’s Planning Commission agendas for attainable housing project proposals

  • Support attainable housing projects by speaking out at meetings, writing your planning commission and supervisors in support, and talking to your neighbors, co-workers, and friends. Use the powerful information presented in 'Equip Yourself With the Facts!'

• Support candidates for municipal offices that favor attainable housing

We need advocates for attainable housing to speak out in support of changes needed to get more attainable housing in Chester County.  Here's an advocacy toolkit. Use the short document with facts, fixes, and actions to help others understand the need for more affordable housing and to speak out. You can also share these videos on the issues and impact.