The Forum

The National Homelessness Law Center hosts the National Forum on the Human Right to Housing on a biennial basis to build strategies and capacity to end the criminalization of people experiencing homelessness.

The 2024 Forum will be held on November 18-19, 2024 and will focus on uniting the movements to guarantee housing, health, and safety for all without punishment in the wake of efforts to remove and punish persons, particularly in response to the US Supreme Court decision in Johnson v. Grants Pass.

Due to limited capacity, registration for the 2024 Forum will be available by invitation only.

Previous Events

Our 2022 Right to Housing Forum was held on November 16-17 hosted by Akin & Gump. Our Keynote Speaker, Marc Dones of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, delivered an engaging and thoughtful opening speech which set the tone for the rest of the forum. Marc highlighted the importance of story telling and narrative building in our work, reminding all of us that reality is simply an agreed upon set of narratives that can always be challenged and changed.

Our hope is that you will watch, share and learn from the offered recordings from our 2022 forum so that we can build on the momentum of these conversations and push toward a future without homelessness.