Affiliates are grassroots groups of local pro-housing champions. They drive change in their neighborhood, city, or town by bringing together like-minded advocates in support of more homes. Benefits of affiliate membership include all those made available to individual members, plus:
- Organizing support from AHMA’s team of expert community organizers, including but not limited to assistance on topics such as: creating a mission/vision; power-mapping, campaign planning, membership engagement, event support & more
- Use of AHMA-sponsored digital organizing tools such as EveryAction CRM for online and in-person advocacy, the Scale 2Win text-banking platform, and voter lists to reach new members in your community
- Eligibility for AHMA mini-grants and stipends to support local organizing activities
- Direct access and connection to a network of statewide and national pro-housing organizations.
- Access to AHMA’s email audience of over 3,000+ advocates to promote your events and activities
In addition, all AHMA members receive special access to resources from the Welcoming Neighbors Network (WNN), a national coalition that connects pro-housing organizations & organizers across the country. These resources include a directory of pro-housing organizers & advocates, peer learning groups, resource library of guides, case studies, templates, and examples for building organizations and running campaigns and many more tools!
AHMA recognizes that grassroots pro-housing affiliates are usually informal groups of community members without access to a budget or fundraising abilities. If joining at the $500 membership level is infeasible, grassroots groups are invited to join if at least 8 of your members join as individual AHMA members. To join through this alternative method, please contact your AHMA organizing team member or email membership@abundanthousingma.org