Bee's home filled with ash during the wildfires. Holly pays $350/month to heat her studio apt.
Desperate for safety & change, both turned to a trusted source: the tenant union.
The climate crisis hits tenants hardest, but tenants are fighting back. I wrote about it in @shelterforce.bsky.social
Desperate for safety & change, both turned to a trusted source: the tenant union.
The climate crisis hits tenants hardest, but tenants are fighting back. I wrote about it in @shelterforce.bsky.social
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But as rental markets respond to climate risks, organizing around safety and affordability has also meant organizing around climate justice.
What does this look like in practice?
About CT Tenants Union, where members took over a Housing Authority Board to advance energy-efficiency.
About NC Tenants Union, where tenants won a rent freeze after Helene.
& more!
As Nick from NCTU said on their win after Helene, "none of this is possible without the tenant organization that was built before the storm.”
One great example of this in SAJE's work to advance decarbonization without displacement. Examples from NY, RI, CT, NC too in the piece.
Groups like the Tenant Union Federation are one the orgs scaling this model, building power across state lines. Check them out: https://tenantfederation.org/