Local tenant union

A network of powerful local branches, where residents have the knowledge and capacity to tackle their housing issues. Tenants Union Victories Tenants Union has won significant victories for tenants ’ rights in the last years. Below is a partial list of victories our tenant leaders and members have won. Thank you for visiting us here at Tenants Union UK.

The legal information provided here does not constitute legal advice. Check meeting times and locations for our local chapters, covering neighborhoods across every corner of Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley!

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Get involved in the Tenants Union ’s efforts to win better protections for Washington State renters. The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal has announced changes to their procedures due to COVID-19. The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) is an independent body which deals with certain kinds of disputes between landlords and tenants.

It is not a formal court, but its decisions are legally binding.

An application generally costs $51. If you are on a government pension. Negotiating about rent can be intimidating. Your rent payments are a fundamental part of your tenancy. Not paying your rent is.

This can be if they do not agree with your initial proposal but do agree to discuss the rent amount further, and also if negotiations go further to NSW Fair Trading. The information below can help to prepare for meeting with the landlord or agent. The NSW Government has implemented an Evictions Moratorium – for some tenants.

Until October there are restrictions on evictions for rent arrears where the household is in financial hardship due to COVID-19. Always seek independent professional legal advice on your individual case or contact your local tenants union for support. Is your landlord intimidating or harassing you and what are your rights? Your landlord can’t just turn up uninvited. If there is a tenants association in your area, join it and make sure everyone on your street, estate or block also does.

If there isn’t set one up, affiliate to your local tenants union and get in touch with us. A well organized tenant union can win rent control by being well organized and making bold demands up to collective ownership of the building by the tenants. Even if the politicians in your city don’t have the political will to do pass meaningful protections you can still organize with your neighbors and community to protect yourselves. Tenants who have been struggling during this crisis have been able to turn to the Rochester City Wide Tenants Union for resources.

The City-Wide Tenant Union of Rochester is asking state officials to suspend rent during the pandemic.

Since March, more than million people in the U. It provides advice, support and representation to renters with tenancy issues in Canberra. Locals organize around neighborhood issues and help link neighborhood struggles to the larger movement for housing justice. From our five years of organizing tenants against evictions and harassment, with rent strikes, direct action, and media campaigns, we know tenants need to come together, all of us, to win the rent forgiveness we need.

Tenants Union is an autonomous, member-funded union which fights for the human right to housing.