Tenants Together

Tenants at a UC Santa Cruz apartment building are suing over harassment, mold issues, and steep rent hikes. This is a publicly owned building and it’s completely unacceptable to be treating tenants like this, and to be squeezing them for profits.

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An apartment manager in Santa Clara County is accused of using tenants’ personal data to open credit cards. This kind of abuse is just another example of why strong tenant protections and enforcement matter.

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California has spent $17 million to guard dozens of vacant homes in LA —homes that sit idle while people are unhoused and rents soar. Wouldn't it make more sense to turn these properties into social housing instead? 🤷🏽‍♀️

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The former Umeya cracker factory in LA has been transformed into 175 units of deeply affordable, permanent supportive housing—honoring cultural history while creating homes with dignity and care. We love to see it!
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Affordable housing production in California is barely moving even though @gavinnewsom.bsky.social pledged to jump-start the process years ago. We need places people can actually afford to live, not just more promises.

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Tenants in Santa Cruz are stepping up! Santa Cruz County Renters Union is urging renters across the county to join together, share power, and stand strong against neglect, rent hikes, and unfair treatment. 💪

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Big applause to the new tenants union at Idaho’s Elevate Eagle mobile home community—the state’s first-ever tenant union of its kind! When mobile-home park residents organize, it’s a win for every renter!

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Tenants in Chicago are rising up, unionizing and launching rent strikes across neighborhoods from Rogers Park to Logan Square as rents surge and corporate landlords fuel displacement. Our movement for housing justice is nationwide and growing!

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Tenants are fighting back! Across 4 states, hundreds are joining the Tenant Union Federation to take on mega-landlord Capital Realty Group—demanding collective bargaining and better conditions in private-equity-owned housing. This is resistance in action.

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TT’s own Shanti Singh joined other organizers to talk about the fight for #socialhousing — and what California can learn from Seattle’s win. Check out the full transcript of this powerful conversation: www.californiadsa.org/news/social-...

📢 Webinar alert! Join @disabilityrightsca.bsky.social on Tuesday, Nov 4 for a workshop covering what to look for in an eviction notice, how to respond, and steps to protect yourself from unlawful eviction.

🌟 Register today!

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Know what to do if you’re stopped by ICE or police, and share these resources by @ndlon.bsky.social with your community. Knowledge is power!

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📢 Webinar Alert: If you’re a Housing Choice Voucher Program applicant or participant, join the free virtual Housing Authority Advocacy Workshop by @disabilityrightsca.bsky.social! Get clear on your rights!

🗓 TODAY: Oct. 30 2025 • 12 PM PT

Register: www.disabilityrightsca.org/events/housi...

The Artist Space Trust in the Bay Area is using a community land trust model to secure permanently affordable homes and studios for creators. We love to see housing solutions that also protect art, culture & community roots!
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Months after the fires, some families in Pacific Palisades & Altadena still haven’t returned home. Many are now facing impossible choices. Housing justice means rebuilding, not leaving survivors behind in the recovery.

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Tenants across the U.S. just made history by launching the first-ever rent debt strike against a corporate landlord. Resistance is our right when the human right to housing is in jeopardy and debt is used to trap renters! ✊

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New data from the Bay Area Equity Atlas Recovery Dollars Tracker shows how COVID-relief funds were distributed across the Bay Area—and highlights gaps in support for renters & underserved communities. We must keep demanding equity for our communities!

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Starting on January 1, no more “bring your own fridge” rentals! A new law now requires landlords across CA to provide functioning refrigerators and stoves. Cooking and storing food are not perks or "nice to haves", they’re necessities!

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#SB610 is now the law—a victory for renters, mobile home residents & disaster survivors!

This bill clarifies landlords’ duties after wildfires & provides greater safeguards against retaliation.

Disaster shouldn't mean displacement!

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Tenants in L.A. proved collective power can force transparency. Their strike pushed a major landlord to return $25K in opaque utility fees! It's not too much for tenants to ask for clarity and fairness when they receive bills.

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Homes free of garbage piles, pests, and broken plumbing—these are rights, not luxuries. Landlords have a responsibility to maintain their buildings and ensure that they are safe places to live.

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New update from Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute exposes how much racial and economic segregation still shapes our cities. Segregated neighborhoods aren’t ancient history—they’re a reality today.

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Always grateful to our partners at @asianlawcaucus.org for the work they do to protect our communities! Tenant rights = immigrant rights = thriving communities for all.

Together we build stronger, safer neighborhoods where everyone can live without fear.

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Oakland used the #GrantsPass ruling to double down on criminalizing homelessness through sweeps, harsh enforcement, and reduced tolerance for visible poverty. We must remember these are our neighbors and that housing is a basic human need–not a privilege.

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Tenants in Equity Residential buildings are launching a strike against predatory rent hikes and evictions. When renters unite and go on strike, they have power! ✊

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The California Apartment Association just filed a supplemental brief in their appeal against Pasadena’s rent control. 😡

The CAA HATES rent control, but it'll take more than their weak legal arguments to take down this essential tenant protection!

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Santa Barbara may finally put rent stabilization on the agenda! Two council members have requested a hearing to cap annual rent hikes and protect renters. This is long overdue! www.independent.com/2025/10/01/w...

California is in a housing crisis because we’re not building homes that families can actually afford. Housing isn’t an optional or a nice to have—it’s a human right.

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Tenants aren’t unionizing one building. Across states, 1,000+ renters in Capital Realty Group properties are organizing a union for collective bargaining. This is tenant power!
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KC Tenants is taking their fight to the stage, using comedy, music, and community to fuel rent strikes and demand accountability from landlords. Art is protest, and laughter can be a rallying cry. We love to see it! www.axios.com/local/kansas...