Tenant Union Federation

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The Nation. September 2, 2024. The Connecticut Tenants Union Trying to Buy Their Apartment Building. Maggie Grether

Democracy Now! August 27, 2024.Video: What Is RealPage? DOJ Sues Software Firm Using Algorithm Enabling Landlords to Fix High Rents

Current Affairs. August 20, 2024. Your Landlord Wants to Roast You Alive. Alex Skopic

Jacobin. August 16, 2024. Battleground State Voters Want Rent Control and Social Housing Mathilde Lind Gustavussen

Wall Street Journal. August 16, 2024. Harris Housing Plan Aims to Add Three Million Homes. That Won’t Be Easy. Will Parker

Marketwatch. August 16, 2024. Kamala Harris reveals her plan to fix the housing crisis. Here’s who would benefit the most. Aarthi Swaminathan

Governing. August 16, 2024. Housing Prices Lead to National Tenant Organizing. Jared Brey

Politico. August 15, 2024. To cap or not to cap? Katy O'Donnell

Common Dreams. August 11, 2024. The US Has a Housing Crisis, Not a Squatting Crisis. Tram Hoang

New York Times. August 6, 2024. What’s Happening in Louisville Could Solve a Housing Crisis. Tressie McMillan Cottom

In these Times. August 6, 2024. A National Tenants Union Has Arrived. Rebecca Burns

Vox. August 6, 2024. Kamala Harris’s recent embrace of rent control, explained. Rachel M. Cohen

The Hill TV: Rising. July 26, 2024. Newsom ORDERS Homeless Encampments Be CLEARED, Dismantling Camps Is NOT The Answer. Jessica Burbank and Amber Duke

The Nation. July 26. 2024. Biden said “rent cap.” Here’s What Tenant Organizers Say Must Happen Next. Thomas Birmingham

In These Times. July 23, 2024. The Future of Housing Organizing: Tenant Unions. Rose Lenehan and Tara Raghuveer

Marketwatch. July 20, 2024. Biden wants national rent control. But has it lowered housing costs in the cities that have it? Aarthi Swamanathan

Bloomberg. July 16, 2024. Biden Calls for National Rent Caps on Corporate Landlords. Kriston Capps

USA Today. July 16, 2024. Biden to call for 5% cap on annual rent increases, a critical issue for voters. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy

Washington Post. July 15, 2024. Biden to unveil plan to cap rents as GOP convention begins. Jeff Stein and Rachel Siegel

POLITICO Morning Money. June 10, 2024. The Mooch’s warning to Trump’s new pals on Wall Street. Sam Sutton, Katy O'Donnell

USA Today. May 21, 2024. Exclusive: Largest rent increases are in swing states. Will it spell trouble for Biden? Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy

The Hill. May 15, 2024. Tenant rights organizer sees opportunity amid housing crunch. Tobias Burns

Wall Street Journal. April 13, 2024. Rents Are Still Rising and Pumping Up Inflation*.* Will Parker

CNBC. April 3, 2024. Here’s what tenants need to know about Biden’s plan to cap rent hikes for some affordable housing units. Annie Nova

Bisnow. April 1, 2024. Biden Administration Plans To Cap Rents In LIHTC-Financed Units. Bianca Barragan

Vox. April 1, 2024. You can’t afford to buy a house. Biden knows that. Rachel M. Cohen

Washington Post. March 29, 2024. Biden administration to cap rent increases for some affordable housing units. Rachel Siegel

Press Releases

Two Tenant Unions in Federally-Backed Buildings Authorize Rent Strikes, Part of Coordinated National Campaign
September 2024
Statement on Harris Housing Policy
August 2024
New Poll: Housing Costs High Priority for Battleground Voters
August 2024
Tenant Union Federation Officially Launches
August 2024
Tenant Union Federation on White House Rent Caps
July 2024
Tenant Union Federation on FHFA Tenant Protections Announcement
July 2024
Tenant Union Federation on Biden’s Rent Cap on Affordable Housing
April 2024