Landlords are scum. Building solidarity and power among fellow renters is really fucking important. Discuss
How to organize a Tenants Union in your building.
If organizing your building yourself seems too intimidating at first, seek out and help with housing organizing in your city/region and learn from more experienced organizers. You'll have helped out other renters and pretty soon it won't feel so intimidating to lead organizing yourself.
You aren't alone! There are big umbrella housing orgs that you can get involved in. For example the the Metropolitan Council on Housing runs a Tenants' rights hotline for New Yorkers staffed by trained volunteers, and they helped lobby the NY state legislature to get truly historic housing regulations passed in 2019 .
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Damn that's some bullshit. Sorry to hear that. If/when you have the means, still consider helping volunteering/donating to tenants victoria. Their 'make renting fair' campaign looks well run, and hopefully you can help someone else in the future avoid your situation.
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