tenants can come together to build community, share experiences, information, and demand, strengthen, and advance tenant rights.
Ultimately, tenant organizing is about building collective tenant power for demanding tenant rights, permanent affordable housing, and stable communities.
tenant organizing 101
Six Steps to Ensuring a Strong Right to Organize for Tenants
Shelterforce series
“In this series Shelterforce dives deep into the past, present, and future of tenant organizing. We take a closer look at the components of what many organizers call a tenants bill of rights and give you accessible ways to share them with others, plus lots more.”
tenant organizing manual
Written by the Housing Working Group of the NYC-Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.
RENTER NATION
Political Education - Right to the City
“learn about and discuss critical new tools for fighting back against gentrification and ensuring development WITHOUT displacement in our cities!”
tenant organizing RESOURCES
Compiled and made available by The Anarchist Library.
Resources on Tenant Organizing, Housing and Gentrification
Compiled and made available by the Black Rose Anarchist Federation.
One Building At A Time Won’t Do: Tenant Organizing in a Red State
Article published by Convergence magazine on August 17, 2023. Written by Alex Prolman , Emerson Goldstein , and Kristen Hefner.
Tenant Organizing in Unexpected Places
Webinar cosponsored by NPQ and Shelterforce on July 12, 2023. Published at the Grassroots Economic Organizing website.