Why Stay?

What will the Stay Movement do?

• The Stay Movement will rally 5,000+ people to endorse a pledge in support of workforce housing.

• The Stay Movement will highlight the workforce housing issue and its effects on the next generation.

• The Stay Movement will serve as a platform for future civic engagement.

Why a pledge?

• Signing a pledge is a small ask for the next generation who may not have bandwidth for more involved action.

• A widely endorsed pledge sends a clear message to decision makers that an issue is worthy of attention and resources.

• Pledge signers can mobilize for direct action.

Why the Stay Movement?

• Advocacy for workforce housing tends to draw on a narrow base of support. This advocacy is dominated by trade/industry groups which profit from development.

• Few groups advocate for the economic interests of the next generation. None besides Housing Hawai‘i’s Future has a single-issue focus on housing.

• There are no other efforts to mobilize a mass movement in favor of workforce housing.