Delegation; DV and Housing Workshop

SKTU victory; affordable housing development meeting; winterization workshop

An excerpt from ATU’s membership handbook, released in 2019.

Eva and Abdon of the Sunnyside-Kedzie Tenants Union (SKTU) defend their family against unjust eviction at the hands of George Triff, a mega-landlord and Trump donor with a history of targeting Latinx tenants for eviction.

Rent control town hall; SKTU updates; Just Cause law; December convivio

Teachers on strike; SKTU update; Pedal for Peace; upcoming events

Membership and Dues Launch Party, APDN Block Party, and an excerpt from our new Member Handbook!

New law is a necessary step toward protecting our undocumented neighbors, but lack of Good Cause Eviction and Tenant Right to Counsel laws will undermine enforcement.

SKTU and Pedal for Peace

Tenants vow to fight back against landlord’s decision to abruptly evict families that consistently pay rent on time.

Garden fundraiser; Gregorarz Group; KTU celebrates; Milwaukee-Hausen Tenants Union

Expanding La Guayabita Autonoma; hitting the streets with Tenants United; tenant unions across America

Mell lashes out at the grassroots housing movement she had previously been content to ignore.

Anti-evication caroling; Aldermanic town hall; Tactics Zine; Albany Park Defense Network

Media and government reliance on landlord and developer expertise for “affordable housing” issues skews the framing of the conversation so far in their favor that they can claim to be champions of affordability without offering a single unit within the reach of the poor and working classes.

“53 homes. Imagine them lined up as houses on the street. You’re basically moving a whole city block out of the neighborhood.”

KTU sues landlord; security deposit victory; research training; What Happened Here?

KTU BBQ; Airbnb action; Garcia family; Lift the Ban

Confronted with a concrete suggestion to triple subsidized rental stock in the city, Mell, with all the clout of an aldermanic office behind her, only said she wished she had a “magic wand” to stop displacement.

Language justice; Who’s Buying Chicago?; What is Affordable Housing?