CHALLENGE
Massachusetts was awarded $5.3 billion in the federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act, but the state’s public housing was not slated to receive funds
The state’s public housing portfolio, in need of major repairs, was not on the radar of state legislator decision makers
Competition for funds was substantial
SOLUTION
Create an outreach to legislators by engaging individual housing authority executives
Make it “local” with each HA exec contacting his or her state representative
Supply HA execs with a series of emails and creative materials that communicated the areas of need
Encourage the execs to “email, call and invite” their representative
RESULTS
Awareness of public housing's needs and requests for funding increased among the key audience of state legislators
Aided by this strategic marketing effort, MassNAHRO was approved by the Massachusetts House and Senate for $150M in public housing modernization funding
“Time was tight, but Tetreault Advertising quickly developed a striking campaign theme
and the persuasive communications we needed. They did it all: theme, letter, email
blasts, video, and white paper to make our funding case to state legislators.” – Donna Brown-Rego, Executive Director, MassNAHRO
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