This Saturday 5th July at 1pm in the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin: an All-Island Housing Demo organised by CATU!

I'll see you there!

How Toronto tenants took on their landlords—and won—with rent strikes
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/how-toronto-tenants-took-on-their-landlords-and-won-with-rent-strikes
There aren’t any shortcuts to getting organized—anatomy of two successful strikes

Way to go, Kansas City! That's how it's done

https://youtube.com/shorts/TEVI3jLrcio

https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2025-06-05/independence-towers-tenants-end-8-month-long-rent-strike-after-reaching-deal-with-new-owner

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt led the effort to crack down on squatting with Senate Bills 38 and 1333, which are awaiting Gov. Greg Abbott's signature. The House revised both to strike a balance between the rights of property owners and tenants.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/05/29/522576/houston-senators-anti-squatting-bills-set-to-become-texas-law/

STOP EVICTIONS—SIGN BELOW

This open letter is in conjunction with CATU Ireland and MASI - sign and share with friends and family if you want to be a part of putting an end to Emergency Accommodation, IPAS, and other precarious living evictions!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfe31qjIfjfD886PkR0FLeJlUNeHIKpqaHdacErivEY1uNl_Q/viewform

Hey #Tacoma!
Take a few minutes to personalize & send this letter to City leaders. Let them know you support #TenantsRights & more #AffordableHousing #SocialHousing

Council is getting lots of pressure from corporate #landlords to roll back protections just when fed & state housing supports are evaporating.

If a #Homelessness tsunami DOESN'T sound good to you, let your reps know!

https://secure.everyaction.com/21lVQ8MGVEuR1HMSa9EoyA2?emci=45f9aaf8-5e33-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&emdi=7376f15d-fe33-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&ceid=1415941

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt emphasizes that Senate Bill 38, passed by the upper chamber on Thursday, is necessary to make it easier for courts to remove squatters. But Democrats and tenants’ advocates say it would undermine due process.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/04/10/518484/houston-lawmakers-bill-aimed-at-speeding-eviction-process-passes-texas-senate/

Via StayHousedLA: If you are unable to pay your rent in April, you must notify your landlord by April 7th. 

You can get a letter to give landlord, as well as sign up for tenants rights workshops in the link below

https://www.stayhousedla.org/workshops

A Houston lawmaker's bill to make it easier for property owners and landlords to evict squatters could advance to the floor of the Texas Senate within the week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/03/25/516861/bill-to-combat-squatting-set-to-advance-in-texas-senate/

I’m going to call them on Monday because I’m real upset about this I don’t understand why they removed the tenant rights pamphlet from this page.

And they also had one for landlords, I enjoyed reading that one so I could see what tips and tricks they could use against you.

But all the tenants rights information is gone from this page and there’s no reason to take it down and I’m mad about it.

https://www.nhla.org/resources/pamphlets

Important piece from the leaders of #Tacoma4All on the #AffordableHousing shortage & twisted response of #Landlord lobbying groups to recently enacted #TenantsRights legislation in #Tacoma

Skyrocketing Evictions are a very real problem, but no, #NewsTribune, they aren't caused by protecting single moms from winter eviction

https://tacomaweekly.com/dont-blame-tenant-protections-for-surging-evictions-p9112-197.htm?emci=d5f32b03-86df-ef11-88f8-0022482a97e9&emdi=ec5d22f6-eddf-ef11-88f8-0022482a97e9&ceid=1415941

Campaigners fight for fair service charges! Regulation is demanded alongside reforms like management fee caps and tax relief for landlords. Join the push for change: https://england.landlordsguild.com/article/petitioners-push-for-service-charge-regulation/ #HousingCrisis #TenantsRights

[1/x] trade unions, labor movement
parent: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111014522809159266

#TradeUnions #LaborUnions #TradeAssociations #unions #LaborMovement
# WorkersRights #solidarity #RightToStrike
#UAW #CAW
Canada #CUPE #CUPW #TenantsRights
#poverty #precarity #inflation #affordability
#capitalism #corporations #greedflation #libertarianism #UnionBusting #RightToWork
#billionaires #oligarchy #meritocracy #plutocracy #WealthTax
#fascism #Christofascism #antiLGBT #Trump2 #Project2025 #RepublicanParty #Poilievre

Housing is the biggest economic and environmental issue facing us today. People need places to live, and those places need to be sustainable.

A bold vision on housing is needed to win big change, by Fran Quigley, originally published by Waging Nonviolence August 6, 2024

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-08-06/a-bold-vision-on-housing-is-needed-to-win-big-change/

#Housing
#Affordability
#Eviction
#Sustainability
#TenantsRights

I wrote this article about a rent strike that started in two Kansas City apartment complexes, and organizers are working to spread this campaign to buildings across multiple US states.

The purpose is not just to fix things at the building level; this ambitious campaign is strategically targeting buildings strikes in a way that aims to force the the hand of a federal regulator, the FHFA, to lock in tenant protections.

https://shelterforce.org/2024/10/04/could-this-rolling-rent-strike-make-the-feds-protect-tenants/

OPINION: institutional systems reward owners not tenants
My partner recently moved: ex-landlord fraudulently kept damage deposit
She endured stress, many hours filing claim w. tenancy board, ultimately getting 2x deposit back
That didn't cover her time challenging that property owner
Double a few $100 or $9k is entirely non-punitive

Martin Kopelow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-kopelow-32873730/
Shelmar Credit: https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.shelmar_credit_acceptance_ltd.e89e4bac31e8e7d65878f49a6d7b0ef5.html