Subject: Tenants
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Shelterforce, as many of you know, began as a tenant organizing newspaper. Though we've evolved to cover a much wider range of topics, both within and beyond affordable housing, we have a sweet spot in our hearts for a good…
When we wrote last year about the fights to preserve voting rights and voter turnout against mounting attacks leading up to the presidential election, I think even in our darkest moments we weren't thinking that the truimphant beating back of…
"Mind you, they are taking someone’s public space—what little space they have—and putting in garbage compactors." That's how one organizer I spoke with for my article “The Case of NYCHA’s Disappearing Open Space” published in Shelterforce’s recent issue, described the…
Jokes abound about the legalization of marijuana use in Colorado and Washington. But it's not always a laughing matter. Affordable housing advocates have been passing around this link on the implications of marijuana legalization and tenant screening procedures. (h/t Trudy…
One of the canards about why homeownership is so wonderful is that it increases all sorts of beneficial behaviors, including civic participation. We can argue about which of these are created by homeownership and which are pre-existing characteristics of those…
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The folks at the SurRealEstate blog (the organizing and policy department of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board) poked some fun at slumlords using the Sh*t My ____ Says" meme:
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The latest battle of the Rent Wars has ended in Albany, and the kindest word that I could find to describe it from the advocates of stronger rent laws is “disappointing.” So, while New York State celebrates the passage of…
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The legislative frenzy that led up to the passage of New York State’s marriage equality bill eclipsed a deal to extend the state’s rent regulations. Some tenant advocates are lauding the deal, but is it enough? Did the new rent…
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