Annie Powers and Leo from the L.A. Tenants Union write about the power of tenants unions for the Los Angeles Times. 'Only tenants can point the way to solutions that actually address the root causes of the housing crisis...' latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Read about how passing expanded Just Cause is an environmental justice issue! Call your legislator to support SB 143: bit.ly/justcausecall ctmirror.org/2024/03/21/ct-…

Public housing is one of the only deeply affordable housing options left. The time is past due for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders' GND for Public Housing. Our research shows its transformative potential. More from 𝕯𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆 𝕹𝖔𝖔𝖗: theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m….

Climate change is making it even harder to be a tenant in America. We need just cause eviction to give tenants a chance at stability in the face of disasters, displacement, and green investments. ctmirror.org/2024/03/21/ct-…

I wrote about the green new deal for public housing, which Bernie Sanders & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced today

“Public housing should be the gold standard for affordable, environmentally friendly, and safe communities,” AOC told me. “This bill is how we ensure that.”

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“I am at my landlord’s mercy,' Demetrius Mosley, a tenant in Louisville, told me in November. For Mosley and millions struggling to pay the rent, change can't come soon enough. Biden is in a position to take decisive action. Our take in In These Times: inthesetimes.com/article/biden-…

Yesterday, the Parkside Village II Tenant Union went PUBLIC, with 87% of residents signed on to the union! It's a public housing complex in Branford designated for adults with disabilities and seniors.

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This new Climate and Community Project report on how the IRA does—and doesn't—help renters is 🔥

I'm thrilled about our org centering tenants in climate policy, when so many green groups mainly focus on homeowners 🤔

And I love our improving design chops. Check it out.
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My latest for grist: Mobile home communities across the U.S. are forming coops to fight against rent hikes and out of control fees. Most of them are actually becoming more climate-resilient in the process. grist.org/equity/how-mob…

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On Saturday, 15 members of the Blake Street TU were served with notices to quit for 'lapse of time,' also known as no-fault evictions. This type of eviction is currently *legal* in CT, though it's frequently used in abusive and retaliatory ways.

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I'm happy to see this important story is getting covered in Jacobin | Landlords Are Pushing the Supreme Court to End Rent Control jacobin.com/2023/08/suprem…

“It’s time to stop asking for the wolves’ advice on how to protect the sheep when it comes to our housing crisis.” That is what our Senior Associate Tram Hoang penned in an Op-ed for TheHillOpinion on #RentControl . plcylk.org/thehillopinion…

Rent regulations keep tenants housed and rebalance unfair power dynamics between tenants and landlords. That's why I joined 30+ economists to call for federal tenant protections and rent regulations as a condition on federally-backed mortgage financing. bit.ly/econ-fhfa-rfi

Tenants are coming for federal rent regulations. Yesterday the #HomesGuarantee campaign submitted our comment to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, supporting protections in all Fannie/Freddie-backed properties.

READ THE TENANT COMMENT: ppls.ac/fhfa

Ocean Management—the megalandlord company that is raising rents and endangering our members—uses $$ from the federal gov't to buy up properties.

Here’s how this national trend of federally-backed slumlording is playing out in New Haven 🧵

NEW: National rent control is closer than you think.

A historic wave of tenant organizing is on the verge of winning renter protections that would be attached to federal loans—affecting 1 in 4 apartments.

But Greystar, Blackstone, & AvalonBay are spending millions to block it.

Yesterday was a huge day for us.

In the morning, New Haven's newest tenant union filed to become municipally recognized, held a press conference, and presented Mayor Elicker with a bold proposal for returning power to tenants & solving the systemic issues at their building.

Here's a story about a trailer park, a tenant union, and a bully who thought he could dismiss poor people in Kansas City and get away with it. (Spoiler: He didn't.)

In 2021 KC Tenants organized Heart Village Mobile Homes when the County evicted the residents to build a jail.

Joan is 87 years old & has lived in her apartment in Poughkeepsie for 47 years. She tried to fight an outrageous rent hike to stay in her home.

Last week, her landlord served her an eviction notice.

She has a message for Governor Kathy Hochul: Pass #GoodCause NOW! #TenantsCantWait