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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 4d

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...

Cincinnati seniors form tenant union to fight potential displacement

www.fox19.com

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 5d

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...

‘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.

shelterforce.org

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 5d

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...

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.

www.lpm.org

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 13d

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.

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.

inthesetimes.com

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 8d

"... 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...

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review

Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

www.bostonreview.net

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 8d

"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

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 10d

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

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

KC Tenants brings its housing fight to the stage

www.axios.com

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 12d

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

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 20d

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

I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 20d

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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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Sep 4

Read everything by Robin DG Kelley, and esp. on such an important topic.

Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · Sep 4

In our new forum Robin D. G. Kelley revisits Noam Chomsky’s argument on the responsibility of intellectuals, written as the Vietnam War was rapidly escalating.

His injunction—“to speak the truth and to expose lies”—remains a powerful call to conscience, Kelley argues. But today it feels incomplete.

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review

Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

www.bostonreview.net

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review

Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

www.bostonreview.net

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Aug 22

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...

www.cura.umn.edu

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Aug 22

‪@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

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Aug 22

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...

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.

www.kqed.org

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Aug 18

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

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Aug 18

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.

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Aug 18

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.

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Aug 18

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.

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Aug 18

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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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Aug 18

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

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · Aug 18

*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 !

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NLIHC @nlihc.org · Aug 14

#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...

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · Aug 7

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...

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.

www.thecity.nyc

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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · Jul 22

Charlie Dulik on the past and future of tenant organizing

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

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