Homes for All St. Louis is a coalition building power in Black and Brown communities around the Greater St. Louis area and altering the socio-political landscape for renter-friendly policies by catalyzing tenant unions. The coalition is made up of tenants, grassroots groups, and nonprofits. A group of renters began meeting in February of 2018 supported by St. Louis Socialists, Democratic Socialists of America and Dutchtown South Community Corporation.
Since then, the coalition has grown to six member groups--four being tenants unions and five ally organizations--all nonprofits who provide legal and infrastructural support. With ongoing campaigns against one of the biggest corporate landlords, spanning the midwest, a Tenants’ Bill of Rights campaign on the horizon and mass evictions sweeping the country, Homes For All St. Louis is hiring a Housing Advocate to serve as a primary anchor in the housing justice ecosystem’s movement infrastructure by facilitating Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis’ (CBN) Affordable Housing Trust Fund Coalition and implementing the second phase of St. Louis’ Affordable Housing Report Card.
The Affordable Housing Trust Fund Coalition (AHTFC) convenes stakeholders from a variety of sectors–including education, development, health, housing and human services–that actively support increased funding and a greater role for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Housing Advocate will be responsible for:
Facilitating the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Coalition
Maintaining relationships with AHTFC stakeholders
Recruiting and maintaining a diverse coalition membership
Agenda setting for AHTFC meetings
Manage support staffer
Collaborate with Executive Directors of CBN and HFASTL and to establish a vision for for the year
Co-create AHTFC advocacy trajectory with coalition stakeholders
Research pressing issues and maintain updates about the socio-political environment relevant to housing, tenants rights, utilities/energy, eviction, community development and housing development, climate change and environmental topics
Analyze on-the-ground data collected via HFASTL’s Renter Hotline and collect any additional qualitative data from impacted residents for storytelling
The desired outcomes and deliverables of the role include:
(1) Stories of impacted residents and stakeholders that align with identified issues in the Housing Report Card; (2) Short- and long-term advocacy strategies to address identified issues in the Housing Report Card and; (3) a strategic plan for advocacy strategy priorities of AHTFC
QUALIFICATIONS
Self starter and collaborative
Preferred familiarity with St. Louis area
Preferred bilingual (Spanish & English)
Computer proficiency
Excellent written and oral communication skills
COMPENSATION
Part-time position with a flexible work schedule. Commitment of at most 20 hours a week with a flat pay rate of $2,083/month. There is an opportunity to be full time with benefits depending on the organization raising additional funds. Position is temporarily remote.
HOW TO APPLY
Send a resume with at least 3 references to h4astl@gmail.com. Respond to the prompt in 1000 words or less:
One of our slogans is ‘Housing is a Human Right’, what does this mean to you?