Housing Justice Network Conference

The Housing Justice Network Conference!

SEPTEMBER 4-6, 2024

Minneapolis, MN

Join the National Housing Law Project and the Housing Justice Network in Minneapolis, Minnesota from September 4-6 at the 2024 HJN Conference! We’ll bring together hundreds of housing justice legal aid attorneys, organizers, and advocates from across the country to build the collective power we need to advance housing justice. Attendees will share strategies, study emerging issues, identify policy priorities, and connect with housing justice movement leaders. We’ll also hold an MCLE-accredited training for advocates new to housing law. Register today to save your spot!

Conference Registration – Sold Out

Questions on your registration? Email 2024hjn@nhlp.org

Conference Hotel and Lodging

Hilton Minneapolis
1001 S Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 376-1000

NHLP has secured a limited number of rooms at the discounted rate of $179/night for the nights of September 3-5. Reserve your room using the link below as soon as possible to secure this rate.
Book Online with the Hilton
If booking by phone, reference “HJN Conference.”

Schedule of Events

Note that for the in-person events there may be minor changes as we get closer to the date.

 

HJN Conference Workshop Topics

Admissions & Evictions

  • Challenging Rental Application Fees & Junk Fees 
  • Defending Criminal Activity Eviction Cases
  • Innovative Models for Reducing Evictions and Improving Tenant Outcomes
  • Representing and Empowering Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
  • Hot Topics in Tenant Right to Counsel

Housing Preservation

  • Suing the Slumlords to Challenge Housing Conditions and Preserve Rental Housing
  • Leveraging Resident Voices to Preserve Public Housing
  • Heirs Property — Fixing Homes, Clearing Title, and Preserving Wealth
  • Manufactured Home Communities – Growing Rights and Accessing Justice
  • Preserving Unsubsidized “Naturally Occurring” Affordable Housing

Fair Housing

  • Engaging Communities to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
  • Eliminating Crime Free/Nuisance Housing Ordinances
  • Source of Income Discrimination Protections — Challenges, Successes and Enforcement
  • The Fair Housing Act and Clients with Mental Illness
  • Using Disparate Impact Litigation to Attack Discriminatory Blanket Screening Policies 

Advocacy Strategies

  • Federal Court Affirmative Litigation Strategies and Pitfalls
  • Using Appellate Litigation to Develop a State’s Landlord-Tenant Law
  • How Movement Lawyers and Organizers Collaborate in Campaign Coalitions
  • Incorporating Narrative Strategies Into Advocacy Campaigns
  • Addressing Root Causes of Homelessness in Light of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

And More…

Housing Justice Network Awards

Please visit our HJN awards webpage.