housing


Housing Crisis Task Force

Meets Weds Feb 19 – 5:30 pm City Hall Room 326 People on this Task Force care about Fayetteville people who are losing their housing, but they need to hear from YOU friends! To come and silently observe can move mountains. For more information email Gladys at omni@omnicenter.org.


Arkansas Renters United Meets

Saturday Feb 15 – 1:00 pm – Omni Center, 3274 N. Lee Ave. Renters in Northwest Arkansas are next meeting Saturday February 15 – to talk about their concerns – which are many. Any Omni folks who are renting will find the discussions very relevant to their experience. Discussions are ALWAYS lively learning experiences. If you don’t rent but support rights and well-being for renters of course you’ll find it interesting too.


Homeless Solutions Meet-Up

Thursday Feb 6 – 6:30 – Omni Center Thank you Homeless Solutions Folk for your faithful attendance at the Housing Crisis Task Force meetings over these several months! We know we’re making a dif! At the next meeting let’s discuss the last TF to update each other on what we’re seeing emerge. Where do we want to put our energy now? Who else do we need to connect with? Are there things we still need to learn? (very likely) If you’ve never been to a Homeless Solutions meeting before don’t let that stop you from joining us!


What the Mayor said to the Task Force

Public meeting Jan 22 was enlightening! It’s been fascinating watching the Housing Crisis Task Force move from baffled citizens asking themselves (just like all of us are)  “what the heck’s going on with housing?” Slowly, as they interview area experts and talk to people all over town, what they’re revealing is a whole lot of different people in city government, the development community and a lot of related industries and agencies all doing their jobs to the very best of their ability, as they are safely tucked into their own narrow silo, with no effective way to know how their work is impacting […]


Livestream Links for Britin Bostick’s talk

Livestream of the Homeless Solutions Talk tonight will start as close to 6:30 as possible, with a little introduction at the beginning. Last month we had serious technical problems that confused things for awhile. We’re so pleased that some folks figured out where to find the stream at the Omni page even though that wasn’t the plan at all. And happy that over 300 people accessed the recording after the meeting was posted. This month we’re still trying to get a good page set up to stream from. We hope to go from Omni’s page at https://www.facebook.com/omnicenter , but if […]


Housing crisis declares a victory in Fayetteville. What’s next?

City Council Voted “Yes” Tuesday April 2 Thank you Omni folks for your support! Wed, Apr 3 2024 at 8:55 AM Next steps: Help Mayor Jordan form a STRONG Task Force to to the job. There are specific groups the city is seeking task force members from: government agencies, nonprofit agencies, renters groups, developers, landlords and community members. Do you fit into any of those categories? If you’re in one of those groups and you’d like to serve on the Housing Task Force and help this town fix its housing problem, then please go to this link to fill out […]


Housing crisis declares a victory in Fayetteville

City Council Voted “Yes” Tuesday April 2 Thank you Omni folks for your support! Wed, Apr 3 2024 at 8:55 AM Dear Housing Action Community, This is Billy with Arkansas Renters United, and I have the pleasure of delivering some fantastic news for you all! Last night, the Fayetteville City Council voted UNANIMOUSLY to pass our resolution to declare a housing crisis. The counter-resolution first proposed by Council member Mike Wiederkehr was tabled indefinitely and will never be considered again. We should all take this moment to celebrate the power of community organizing to make change happen. While this resolution […]


When the Housing Crisis Resolution goes to City Council what should you do?

Tuesday April 2 – 5:30 pm City Hall Room 219, 113 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville The struggle for good housing policy in Fayetteville goes on. The Housing Crisis Resolution goes before City Council these nights. At the agenda session there is no need to take action, but observers are hugely important to emphasize that people care and are watching closely. At the city council meeting there will be need for people to take one of two roles: First, you may choose to quietly be present and supportive as the resolution is presented and discussed. This is a very very important […]