Cost of LIving

ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO 

LOWER COST OF LIVING

The organizations below are working to lower the cost of living (groceries, housing, healthcare as well as protect Social Security and Medicare). The organizations are a mix of nonpartisan/crosspartisan, progressive leaning and right leaning. If the organization states conservative or progressive on its website, this is mentioned in parentheses below. 

Catholic Charities: Catholic Charities USA supports a national network of agencies committed to encountering those along the margins, regardless of their faith. Join us in providing help and creating hope for those in need. 

Enterprise Community Partners: We invest in and advocate for the preservation and production of good homes people can afford.

Habitat for Humanity: We build strength, stability, and self reliance through budiling affordable homes. Habitat for Humanity operates at the local level. Each Habitat for Humanity coordinates its own construction, selects local homebuyer applicants and many operate local ReStore home improvement centers. There are many ways to get involved with your area’s Habitat for Humanity. Find your nearest U.S. Habitat for Humanity for information on volunteering, homeownership, and ReStore donation and shopping opportunities. 

Living Wage for US: We overcome the barriers and create the incentives to enable employers to pay living wages, affording a decent quality of life for working families.

National Health Council: Created by and for patient organizations more than 100 years ago, the National Health Council (NHC) brings diverse organizations together to forge consensus and drive patient-centered health policy. We promote increased access to affordable, high-value, sustainable, equitable health care. Made up of more than 170 national health-related organizations and businesses, the NHC’s core membership includes the nation’s leading patient organizations. Other members include health-related associations and nonprofit organizations including the provider, research, and family caregiver communities; and businesses representing biopharmaceutical, device, diagnostic, generic drug, and payer organizations.

National Low Income Housing Coalition: Advocates for affordable housing. The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated to achieving racially and socially equitable public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes have quality homes that are accessible and affordable in communities of their choice.

New Civil Liberties Alliance: NCLA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group founded by prominent legal scholar Philip Hamburger to protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State. NCLA’s public-interest litigation and other pro bono advocacy strive to tame the unlawful power of state and federal agencies and to foster a new civil liberties movement that will help restore Americans’ fundamental rights. Tariffs are raising prices, and NCLA is currently suing the Administration to stop tariffs that Congress did not authorize. (Perceived as right-leaning due to well known conservative supporters and donors.)

United Way: United Way brings communities together to find strength and share hope. It’s the way we rally in hard times to meet people’s needs so they can rise back up and build a better future. (If you need help, United Way operates the 211 service [call from any US phone] and can help you find benefits available to you.)

Are we missing an organization doing great work? Please let us know!