This Toolkit is for You if
you want others to share your commitment to healthy and safe housing policies.
It contains key messages and best communication practices from across the country, as well as abundant supporting materials.
Customize this Toolkit
Customize this toolkit to your municipality by entering its name and size below.
This will provide you:
• Printable messaging tailored to your municipality (Chapter 2)
• Supporting facts and stories that are relevant to your municipality size (Chapter 3)
Enter municipality name and select size, then click CUSTOMIZE. (Customization choices made here are reflected throughout the toolkit.) To remove customization, click RESET.
Making the Case Using the Healthy Housing Toolkit
Your goal: convince others that focusing on healthy and safe housing is a necessary, smart strategy.
If you want to convince various stakeholders why healthy and safe housing policies are important to your city, town, or village advance through the chapters below. You can also access them from the dropdown menu at the top of each page.
Chapter 1
Get to know your audiences
so your message is strategic.
Chapter 2
Use the Five Core Messages
and their proof points consistently as the foundation of your appeals in your community.
Chapter 3
Support your Messages with Local Facts and Stories
so you speak to the head and the heart of your stakeholders.
Chapter 4
Prepare for Opposition
that you may encounter in your community.
Chapter 5
Additional Resources
including common definitions and issue-specific talking points.
Take The Healthy Housing Local Action Challenge
Resource Series: Housing Hazards and Health Stakeholders
How Jacksonville is Building Partnerships and Supporting the Early Childhood Workforce to Create Quality Services
- Annika List
Ending Homelessness: A Guide for Local Governments
The Moment for Housing is Now
Empowering Small Cities with the Nature Everywhere Community Action Challenge
- Melanie Robinson
- Andrew Moore