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Tenant Screening: A Billion-Dollar Industry with Little Oversight. What’s Being Done to Protect Renters?
Thousands of companies offer tenant screening tools that promise to make life easier for landlords and property managers. But reports show that the data these companies use is often riddled with errors and relies on information that has no bearing on whether someone will be a good tenant.
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In the Trump 2.0 Era, ‘Organizing Is the Antidote’
Tenant organizers and advocates say the only way to protect communities is to stay the course—organizing for housing rights, tenant protections, and political power.
Could This Rolling Rent Strike Make the Feds Protect Tenants?
Organizers aim to catalyze a crisis to pressure a major federal housing regulator to lock in tenant protections.
They Had No Heat for Four Months. A New Law Let Them Sue.
In New York state, tenants can now take landlords to court to force repairs and get damages, without withholding rent first. Here’s how one of the first tests of the new law worked.
Winning Tenant Protections Isn’t Enough
When tenant protections are popular, opponents know better than to try to repeal them. But they can damage them just the same.
In Upstate New York, the Fight for Good Cause Continues
Ithaca became the latest city to opt into New York’s new Good Cause Eviction Law. What are tenant organizers doing to make the law work better for their communities?
Six Steps to Ensuring a Strong Right to Organize for Tenants
Getting solid legal protections in place will help tenants stick up for themselves more safely and effectively.