Working Committee Meeting
The Working Committee campaigns to engage residents and legislators in embracing both the idea and the reality of more affordable housing in our community.

Committee Activities
We seek to understand concerns that residents have and to provide accurate and encouraging information about affordable housing, perceptions of risk, and benefits to the community. Our activities include:

• Creating and delivering workshops for a new affordable housing curriculum to be rolled out in January 2020
• Developing a series of videos to use in advocacy work
• Advocating for local municipalities to use their municipal-owned property to develop affordable housing
• Supporting new development of affordable units through advocacy
• Managing Joining Forces' website, social media, and other communications
• Persuading the City of Evanston to engage in a review or audit of its zoning code from a perspective of racial equity and affordability. See our Blog Posting on this topic: Advocating for Affordability and Equity in North Shore Housing.

Researching best practices around zoning to support racial equity and affordability  
Meetings
​Working Committee meetings are currently on the first and third Thursday of the month at 4:00 p.m.

To Participate
To join the Working Committee, or just to request Zoom information to check out the next meeting, send an email to joiningforces@connect2home.org.

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