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Cincinnati seniors form tenant union to fight potential displacement Cincinnati seniors form tenant union to fight potential displacement

Seniors in Cincinnati are forming a #TenantUnions to claim rights & affordable rents.

They demand to collectively negotiating w/ out-of-state landlord to prevent new renovations from displacing residents.

Video here: www.fox19.com/video/2025/1...

‘Anti-Displacement Tool’ to Direct City Funding to Projects that Won’t Price Out Residents Louisville will analyze whether a housing development can meet a neighborhood’s housing needs. If it doesn’t, the city won’t subsidize it.

You can learn about the background & design of the tool in this @shelterforce.bsky.social article by Roshan Abraham

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shelterforce.org/2025/03/06/a...

Louisville's Anti-Displacement Commission finally gets off the ground The Anti-Displacement Commission will track housing developments that receive city resources to protect residents from gentrification.

Great news!!

Louisville Metro is finally implementing its Anti-Displacement Commission & Assessment Tool!

Well done PUSH Louisville & Jecorey Arthur for keeping pressure on the city, and Louisville Tenants Union for launching the campaign!!

www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...

Have Private Equity Landlords Met Their Match? A new campaign from the Tenant Union Federation is uniting hundreds of tenants in four states to take on the mega-corporation that owns their homes.

Tenants across four states are joining forces to take on private equity landlord Capital Realty Group. From New Haven to Detroit, Louisville, and Kansas City, hundreds of renters are organizing through the Tenant Union Federation to demand collective bargaining.

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

"... Individuals may have choices, but they are constrained by social & political conditions. In times of crisis, war & fascism, opportunities open or close depending on where one stands in relation to the ruling power."

—Robin Kelley @bostonreview.bsky.social

www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...

"Who can speak, when, on what subjects & from what platforms is determined by historical context & differentiated by race, gender, class, ideology & politics. ..."

—Robin DG Kelley in @bostonreview.bsky.social

KC Tenants brings its housing fight to the stage

#TenantUnions can be funny too. Comedy & music as fundraising tools used by KC Tenants Union

www.axios.com/local/kansas...

The answer is reading groups: buy the latest by @melindacooper.bsky.social & Quinn Slobodian today!

YouTube video by More Perfect Union I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?

watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8O...

New film shows @sanders.senate.gov speaking to #MAGA voters in West Virginia about the struggles of working class people.

His message resonated.
Well done @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
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Read everything by Robin DG Kelley, and esp. on such an important topic.

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

The special section from our 50th anniversary issue, The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide, is now online.

Robin D. G. Kelley revisits Noam Chomsky’s classic argument, with @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social, Jennifer Zacharia, and @martinoneill.bsky.social.

This research was conducted with my @curaumn colleagues Edward Goetz, Evan A. Davis & economist Jeremy Schwartz at the Loyola University Maryland Sellinger School of Business and Management.

www.cura.umn.edu/sites/cura.u...

‪@kqednews.kqed.org‬ journalist Adhiti Bandlamudi cited our report at @curaumn.bsky.social, in which we find tenant protections – including CA's Tenant Protection Act of 2019 – did not reduce the rate of construction across CA, OR & NH. #justcause #tenantprotections #SB522

This Bill Would Extend Renter Protections to Homes Rebuilt After a Disaster. Some Say It Falls Short | KQED Under current law, rentals destroyed in a wildfire, flood or other natural disaster lose certain tenant protections once they are rebuilt.

Should lawmakers limit rent price gouging & evictions after wildfires?

Adhiti Bandlamudi's new legislation #SB522 extends tenant protections to buildings destroyed from wildfires in California.

www.kqed.org/news/1205185...

Access the article via UAR, by DMing me, or on my homepage:

See profile link to my website —> homepage —> publications —> peer review articles —> UAR or PDF

KEY TAKEAWAY

Our findings show that the crisis shifted policy debates toward greater government involvement & stronger tenant protections, suggesting that attention to state intervention intensifies during periods of crisis.

We find that COVID-19 expanded & changed the structure of discourse: from a smaller conversation before in which public & subsidized housing prevailed toward an explosion during peak pandemic on eviction protections & rent controls, followed by an emphasis on discrimination.

We divided speech into 6 policy areas: measured their volume, temporality & geography.

*Surprisingly* —> the 3 dominant policy areas were (1) private rental, (2) state owned, and (3) fair housing —> each of which we define as "State-Protectionist" policy approaches.

What was most surprising?

While #abundance, #YIMBY & #ProSupply policy approaches have received significant public attention in recent years — what we call "Market-Productionist" approaches — they were SMALLER than other conversations online.

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We examine 12.7m tweets about rental housing to show COVID-19 shifted debate to greater government intervention & tenant protections. #HousingTwitter

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

*How do crises impact policy debate?*

I'm thrilled to share my new article in @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social w/ ‪@acomandon.bsky.social‬ (& Drew Messamore) that Andre & me began while at @uclaurbanplanning.bsky.social !

#ICYMI: #NLIHC released a report that shows how the National Housing Trust Fund remains an essential source of gap financing for affordable homes. See how each state used their funds awarded in 2020: nlihc.org/resource/n...

Rent Freeze Proposal Chills Cash-Starved Owners of Bronx Buildings Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s pledge is raising alarms as bankers refuse to finance regulated buildings where costs outstrip income.

This article on on NYC landlords unable to pay their expenses gives a foretaste of what I suspect the pushback to a rent freeze is going to look like. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/07/b...

The Long Fight for Tenant Power | Charlie Dulik More than a third of the US population rent their homes. The number of tenants in the country is growing fast—nearly triple the rate of homeowner growth

Charlie Dulik on the past and future of tenant organizing

Thanks, Tony. Great to work w/ a strong research team: Evan Davis, Edward Goetz & Jeremy Schwartz & community at @curaumn.bsky.social.

New Research Finds Good Cause Eviction Policies Don’t Hamper Construction Multiple states have ongoing pushes for good cause eviction protections. A frequent obstacle: a now-disproven claim by developers.

Great work from CURA post-doc @kentoncard.bsky.social! nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Tenant advocates we worked w/ include
@rentersunitemd.bsky.social, CT Tenants Union, ReclaimRI, The Alliance, among others.

The article cites an initial report we produced at
@curaumn.bsky.social w/ Edward Goetz, Evan Davis & economist Jeremy Schwartz. www.cura.umn.edu/research/goo...

Good Cause Eviction Policies Don't Hamper Construction, New Research Shows. Legislators Are Still Concerned. Multiple states have ongoing pushes for good cause eviction protections. A frequent obstacle: a now disproven claim by developers.

Aaron Fernando at @shelterforce.bsky.social covered our research, tenant campaigns, challenges to policy passage & concerns posed by the NYU Furman Center: shelterforce.org/2025/06/06/g...