Site visits are meetings with your legislators or their staff that showcase your agency, programs, and residents. You can host in-person or virtual site visits to advocate for national policy priorities and local concerns. When you host a site visit, please report it to the NAHRO team using the link below. Please also find a step-by-step guide to site visits on this page.
If you already have a contact in your legislator's office, you can reach out to them first. Otherwise, you can visit their websites or call them to obtain information for a scheduler. The NAHRO team can also help you locate contact information. Contact Jenna Hampton (jhampton@nahro.org), Legislative Affairs Analyst, for assistance.
Contact the office with a request for an in-person or virtual site visit. If you contact the Washington DC office, they may redirect you to your legislator's district office. The scheduler may offer you a meeting with a staff member if your legislator is not available to meet.
Prepare for your site visit. If you are meeting virtually, you can prepare a presentation with photos of your properties (when applicable). If you are meeting in person, finalize your location and attendee list. Make sure you are communicating clearly with the staff member or legislator attending the visit. Plan ahead of time to take photographs and document the visit.
Return to this page to report your site visit to NAHRO. One of our goals for this year's August Advocacy campaign is to complete 50 site visits. Please let us count your visit toward the goal by submitting a report form.
When you report a site visit, we can include you in this year’s site visit gallery. Stay tuned for updates as the NAHRO team receives reports.
August 1, 2022 grand opening for The Nel in downtown Eugene, Oregon with Mayor Lucy Vinis and several HUD officials. Homes for Good hosted the event.
August 4, 2022 LACDA site visit with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) for “South Scattered Sites Back to School Jam”
August 16, 2022 media event with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) at Seattle Housing Authority’s newest affordable housing development, “Hinoki”
August 17, 2022 groundbreaking event for the “Walden35” development at Aurora Housing Authority. Colorado Governor Jared Polis gave remarks at the event.
August 17, 2022 the Housing Authority of Thurston County hosted Senator Patty Murray, staff, and HUD officials for a site visit and discussion around the American Rescue Plan Act, with a focus on the Emergency Housing Voucher program.
August 29, 2022 site visit at Minneapolis Public Housing Authority with HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and several HUD and local officials.
August 30, 2022 site visit at Lashkowitz High Rise in Fargo, ND. Fargo Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney and Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) attended the visit, recognizing the funds raised to demolish and replace the Lashkowitz building.
October 24, 2022 Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon visited Western Heights public housing with Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC).
October 26, 2022 the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara toured several properties with Congressman Salud Carbajal and multiple HUD officials.
November 10, 2022 groundbreaking for the Little Lehigh Redevelopment Phase 1 hosted by the Allentown Housing Authority. Senator Bob Casey and several local officials attended the event.
November 18, 2022 the Housing Authority of the City of Key West, Florida joined several local officials at a “topping off” ceremony at the site of the under-construction Garden View Apartments.