LA Voice

LA Voice works with faith communities and their leadership to redevelop their property into new affordable housing. The Faith in Housing project is unique in that we are working with faith-based leadership to build primarily on congregational land and LA Voice is the only organization conducting this work, rendering us an essential resource for congregations. Support for the program will increase capacity to develop affordable housing on congregational land, while simultaneously increasing economic sustainability for congregations.

LA Voice is a multi-racial, multi-faith nonprofit that organizes with 70+ member and partner congregations, and we believe that a just wildfire recovery goes beyond providing direct relief to survivors. Led by grassroots leaders and the deeply impacted, we will work in coalition to advocate for equitable recovery policies related to issues like remediation and land acquisition. Through sustained organizing at the municipal, county, state, and federal levels, LA Voice aims to ensure that recovery efforts center the needs of the most vulnerable.

LA Voice works with faith communities and their leadership to create new affordable housing and ultimately provide a dignified home to every resident of Los Angeles County. Support for the Faith in Housing program will increase our capacity to develop affordable housing on congregational land, while simultaneously increasing economic sustainability for congregations. It will also support systemic efforts to eliminate significant barriers to housing development on church-owned land.

LA Voice recruits faith communities and their leadership to create new affordable housing and ultimately provide a dignified home to every resident of Los Angeles County. Support for the Faith in Housing program will increase our capacity to develop affordable housing on congregational land, while simultaneously increasing economic sustainability for congregations. It will also support systemic efforts to eliminate zoning regulations at city, county, and state levels that pose significant barriers to housing development on church-owned land.

LA Free the Vote is an initiative to civically engage the justice system impacted community. We inform individuals of their rights, register them to vote, and educate voters on salient policy issues, particularly those related to criminal justice reform. By helping to bring this community to the polls, we are building the power of those who have been disenfranchised, restoring formerly incarcerated individuals’ sense of integration into society and advocating for policies that promote racial justice and economic opportunity for all.

LA Voice will support the grassroots leadership of congregations in Compton to create relationships of accountability between the community and law enforcement and build a shared commitment to reform.

LA will not solve its problem of racial inequity without greater civic participation. Voter turnout is at a historic low, and LA Voice has a plan to turn that around. Barriers to voting can be overcome by leaders from diverse faith backgrounds investing in local relationships to increase participation. When LA Voice leaders turn out all 40,000 people represented by our 36 diverse congregations-- AND their neighbors--it will shift the electorate towards a more representative, inclusive county.