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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 4d

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.

belonging.berkeley.edu/roots-struct...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 4d

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.

www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resourc...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 4d

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.

shelterforce.org/2025/09/30/a...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 4d

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! ✊

prospect.org/infrastructu...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 4d

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!

pasadenanow.com/main/califor...

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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 4d

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...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 11d

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.

calmatters.org/housing/2025...

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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 11d

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!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 11d

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...

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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 11d

If Social Security checks are delayed or reduced, tenants shouldn’t lose their homes. A CA bill that would pause evictions when benefits are disrupted is now awaiting Governor Newsom’s signature calmatters.org/politics/202...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 12d

Tenant unions from Buffalo to Bozeman are joining forces to challenge corporate landlords, resist displacement, and demand homes as a human right. Our unity is our strength!

truthout.org/articles/ris...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 12d

Studies claiming #MeasureULA hurts multifamily housing production rest on shaky data, short timeframes & flawed comparisons. ULA has raised hundreds of millions for rental assistance, affordable homes & tenant protections.
www.oxy.edu/sites/defaul...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 12d

Fair housing protections are under attack. This Administration is rolling back our rights and reopening the door to housing discrimination.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 12d

The truth has a certain ring to it–this scathing 2003 typewritten letter to an SF landlord still hits today. The fight for dignity, accountability, and justice continues.

sfist.com/2025/09/22/f...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 12d

When rent takes over half your income, your life is just one crisis away from collapse. 27% of California tenants are living this reality. We need systemic change—rent control, tenant protections & affordable housing construction!

pasadenastarnews.com/2025/09/16/f...

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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 12d

Our neighbors, housed and unhoused alike, are being swept up and abducted in ICE raids. This podcast shows how these sweeps target all of us. Together we can resist, protect & build solidarity.

organizingmythoughts.org/raids-retali...

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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 12d

From the picket line to the protest, music carries our struggle. “La Cumbia de la Migra” by Los Jornaleros del Norte turns the pain of raids into collective strength. When workers sing, they refuse to be silenced. Solidarity through song! @ndlon.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwhd...

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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 23d

Housing justice is global. Senators report Israel is destroying Palestinian homes to force families out—ethnic cleansing by another name. Just like tenants everywhere, Palestinians deserve safe, stable homes.

truthout.org/articles/sen...

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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 23d

In Koreatown, tenants are staging a sit-in after their landlord yanked parking spaces to build ADUs. State law lets landlords remove parking without replacing it, but tenants say it’s a cut in services and threatens their livelihoods

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 23d

L.A. renters finally won a right to cooling: by 2032, all rentals must keep units below 82°. Until then, tenants can install AC or blackout curtains without landlord retaliation. A major step as extreme heat grows deadlier every year.

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 23d

ICE raids in LA are leaving renters jobless and vulnerable to eviction. Landlords are even weaponizing immigration status to threaten tenants. We need eviction protections and rent relief now.

lapublicpress.org/2025/09/ice-...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 23d

Nonprofits in WA turned a strip mall into a hub with 25+ service orgs below and 280 affordable homes above. By keeping land in nonprofit hands, they’ve built lasting stability. CA should take note!

shelterforce.org/2025/09/10/n...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 23d

LA politicians claim deregulation & luxury condos will fix the housing crisis. But supply-side solutions have only increased prices. We need tenant protections & social housing, not false promises.

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/loo...

Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 23d

Our friends in LA, D.C., and Chicago remind us there are many ways to resist and care for community right now. Tenant organizers know that tenant unions are a powerful way to care for each other in community in challenging times!

organizingmythoughts.org/what-do-we-s...

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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · Sep 9

Extreme heat is a public health emergency for millions of Californians. For Pedro Zacarias & his family, it isn’t just a threat outdoors, but within their home as well. Read more from Pedro & why he’s urging leaders to pass #SB655 #CALeg @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
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Extreme heat in homes sickens and kills. California lawmakers can fight it. | Opinion

As climate change makes for more 100-degree days, California legislators are considering a bill to set a maximum indoor temperature standard for homes.

calmatters.org

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