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Last night, we rallied to protect Renee and her family from an illegal eviction at 2777 Kipling.
This kind of eviction abuse will become all-too-common under Bill 60. Tenant rights are under attack.But here’s how we can fight it: we need everybody to call the President of Q Residential at
416-843-6815 and demand Renee gets her home back! Spread the word and keep up the pressure, because if it can happen to one of us it can happen to any of us! #TOPoli #ONPoli #Toronto #Etobicoke #TenantUnion #TorontoTenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether -
Last night, we rallied to protect Renee and her family from an illegal eviction at 2777 Kipling.
This kind of eviction abuse will become all-too-common under Bill 60. Tenant rights are under attack.But here’s how we can fight it: we need everybody to call the President of Q Residential at
416-843-6815 and demand Renee gets her home back! Spread the word and keep up the pressure, because if it can happen to one of us it can happen to any of us! #TOPoli #ONPoli #Toronto #Etobicoke #TenantUnion #TorontoTenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether -
Last night, we rallied to protect Renee and her family from an illegal eviction at 2777 Kipling.
This kind of eviction abuse will become all-too-common under Bill 60. Tenant rights are under attack.But here’s how we can fight it: we need everybody to call the President of Q Residential at
416-843-6815 and demand Renee gets her home back! Spread the word and keep up the pressure, because if it can happen to one of us it can happen to any of us! #TOPoli #ONPoli #Toronto #Etobicoke #TenantUnion #TorontoTenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether -
Action alert 🚨📢📢📢
Tenant at 2777 Kipling was illegally evicted by landlord
Q ResidentialWe are occupying the landlords' office until they get their apartment back.
Come out and support!
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Action alert 🚨📢📢📢
Tenant at 2777 Kipling was illegally evicted by landlord
Q ResidentialWe are occupying the landlords' office until they get their apartment back.
Come out and support!
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Action alert 🚨📢📢📢
Tenant at 2777 Kipling was illegally evicted by landlord
Q ResidentialWe are occupying the landlords' office until they get their apartment back.
Come out and support!
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We’ve been busy! Since our founding convention less than a month ago, TTU members have been getting together, knocking on doors and talking to neighbours all over the city. Now is the time to get involved!
Join us at the link in bio or visit: https://www.tenantunion.ca/membership
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We’ve been busy! Since our founding convention less than a month ago, TTU members have been getting together, knocking on doors and talking to neighbours all over the city. Now is the time to get involved!
Join us at the link in bio or visit: https://www.tenantunion.ca/membership
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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@TenantsUnionTO/116519818854191380
We’d more than a full house yesterday for our second orientation, if you couldn’t make it for any reason please don’t worry you can still join as a member here: https://www.tenantunion.ca/membership 😈
#ONPoli #TOPoli #Bill60 #RentControl #Landlord #Tenant #Scarborough #Etobicoke #Weston #York #EastYork #NorthYork #Toronto #TenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TenantRights #HousingIsAHumanRight #TorontoTenantUnion #TTU
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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@TenantsUnionTO/116519818854191380
We’d more than a full house yesterday for our second orientation, if you couldn’t make it for any reason please don’t worry you can still join as a member here: https://www.tenantunion.ca/membership 😈
#ONPoli #TOPoli #Bill60 #RentControl #Landlord #Tenant #Scarborough #Etobicoke #Weston #York #EastYork #NorthYork #Toronto #TenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TenantRights #HousingIsAHumanRight #TorontoTenantUnion #TTU
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Toronto Tenant Union mentioned :coolcat:
@TheBreach: https://breachmedia.ca/landlords-watch-out-toronto-renters-form-first-city-wide-tenant-union/
The Green Line: https://thegreenline.to/stories/toronto-tenant-union/
Blueprints of Disruption: https://blueprints-of-disruption.captivate.fm/episode/scaling-up-toronto-tenants-union
Canadian Dimension: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/can-the-new-toronto-tenant-union-change-the-tired-housing-debate
#TheBreach #TheGreenLine #BlueprintsOfDisruption #CanadianDimension #Toronto #Scarborough #Etobicoke #Weston #York #EastYork #NorthYork #TenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #RentControl #Bill60 #HousingIsAHumanRight #Landlord #Tenant #TenantRights #ONPoli #TOPoli #TorontoTenantUnion
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Toronto Tenant Union mentioned :coolcat:
@TheBreach: https://breachmedia.ca/landlords-watch-out-toronto-renters-form-first-city-wide-tenant-union/
The Green Line: https://thegreenline.to/stories/toronto-tenant-union/
Blueprints of Disruption: https://blueprints-of-disruption.captivate.fm/episode/scaling-up-toronto-tenants-union
Canadian Dimension: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/can-the-new-toronto-tenant-union-change-the-tired-housing-debate
#TheBreach #TheGreenLine #BlueprintsOfDisruption #CanadianDimension #Toronto #Scarborough #Etobicoke #Weston #York #EastYork #NorthYork #TenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #RentControl #Bill60 #HousingIsAHumanRight #Landlord #Tenant #TenantRights #ONPoli #TOPoli #TorontoTenantUnion
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Toronto Tenant Union mentioned :coolcat:
@TheBreach: https://breachmedia.ca/landlords-watch-out-toronto-renters-form-first-city-wide-tenant-union/
The Green Line: https://thegreenline.to/stories/toronto-tenant-union/
Blueprints of Disruption: https://blueprints-of-disruption.captivate.fm/episode/scaling-up-toronto-tenants-union
Canadian Dimension: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/can-the-new-toronto-tenant-union-change-the-tired-housing-debate
#TheBreach #TheGreenLine #BlueprintsOfDisruption #CanadianDimension #Toronto #Scarborough #Etobicoke #Weston #York #EastYork #NorthYork #TenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #RentControl #Bill60 #HousingIsAHumanRight #Landlord #Tenant #TenantRights #ONPoli #TOPoli #TorontoTenantUnion
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Toronto Tenant Union mentioned :coolcat:
@TheBreach: https://breachmedia.ca/landlords-watch-out-toronto-renters-form-first-city-wide-tenant-union/
The Green Line: https://thegreenline.to/stories/toronto-tenant-union/
Blueprints of Disruption: https://blueprints-of-disruption.captivate.fm/episode/scaling-up-toronto-tenants-union
Canadian Dimension: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/can-the-new-toronto-tenant-union-change-the-tired-housing-debate
#TheBreach #TheGreenLine #BlueprintsOfDisruption #CanadianDimension #Toronto #Scarborough #Etobicoke #Weston #York #EastYork #NorthYork #TenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #RentControl #Bill60 #HousingIsAHumanRight #Landlord #Tenant #TenantRights #ONPoli #TOPoli #TorontoTenantUnion
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Toronto Tenant Union mentioned :coolcat:
@TheBreach: https://breachmedia.ca/landlords-watch-out-toronto-renters-form-first-city-wide-tenant-union/
The Green Line: https://thegreenline.to/stories/toronto-tenant-union/
Blueprints of Disruption: https://blueprints-of-disruption.captivate.fm/episode/scaling-up-toronto-tenants-union
Canadian Dimension: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/can-the-new-toronto-tenant-union-change-the-tired-housing-debate
#TheBreach #TheGreenLine #BlueprintsOfDisruption #CanadianDimension #Toronto #Scarborough #Etobicoke #Weston #York #EastYork #NorthYork #TenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #RentControl #Bill60 #HousingIsAHumanRight #Landlord #Tenant #TenantRights #ONPoli #TOPoli #TorontoTenantUnion
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Missed out on the founding convention AND orientation? Well, you're in luck.
Let's take action. Let's get organized. We know we are stronger together. Join the Toronto Tenant Union at our SECOND Orientation!
🗓️ DATE: May 9th
🕜 TIME: 1:30 PM
📍 WHERE: Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St W, Toronto ON M5S 1X7
🔗 REGISTER: tenantunion.ca/orientation
We’ll share raccoon snacks, get to know some of the other people who have collectively knocked 10,000 doors to fight Bill 60, and discuss how YOU can get involved in ongoing tenant organizing.
Come learn about what we can do together to build tenant power with our neighbours and force real change in Toronto!
#TenantPower #StrongerTogether #RentControl #Bill60 #ONPoli #RaccoonSnacks
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Missed out on the founding convention AND orientation? Well, you're in luck.
Let's take action. Let's get organized. We know we are stronger together. Join the Toronto Tenant Union at our SECOND Orientation!
🗓️ DATE: May 9th
🕜 TIME: 1:30 PM
📍 WHERE: Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St W, Toronto ON M5S 1X7
🔗 REGISTER: tenantunion.ca/orientation
We’ll share raccoon snacks, get to know some of the other people who have collectively knocked 10,000 doors to fight Bill 60, and discuss how YOU can get involved in ongoing tenant organizing.
Come learn about what we can do together to build tenant power with our neighbours and force real change in Toronto!
#TenantPower #StrongerTogether #RentControl #Bill60 #ONPoli #RaccoonSnacks
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Our top secret movie screening is A Bug's Life (1998)
#MovieNight #TorontoTenantUnion #StrongerTogether #TenantPower
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Our top secret movie screening is A Bug's Life (1998)
#MovieNight #TorontoTenantUnion #StrongerTogether #TenantPower
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Even if you didn’t attend or missed the orientation, you can still sign up to become a member.
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Even if you didn’t attend or missed the orientation, you can still sign up to become a member.
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Our organizers are answering questions that people have, how to door knock, flyer, canvass & organize your building
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Our organizers are answering questions that people have, how to door knock, flyer, canvass & organize your building
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People are correctly recognizing Bill 60 as the real scary monster it’s, not a fun Halloween monster
#SolidarityForever #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TorontoTenantUnion #Bill60 #ONPoli #TOPoli
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People are correctly recognizing Bill 60 as the real scary monster it’s, not a fun Halloween monster
#SolidarityForever #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TorontoTenantUnion #Bill60 #ONPoli #TOPoli
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We’re now hearing about wins the tenant union had against big landlords like Dream Unlimited & Barney River to force them into having a change of heart about AGI
#SolidarityForever #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TorontoTenantUnion
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We’re now hearing about wins the tenant union had against big landlords like Dream Unlimited & Barney River to force them into having a change of heart about AGI
#SolidarityForever #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TorontoTenantUnion
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We’ve officially started the orientation by singing solidarity forever & it’s a full house.
#SolidarityForever #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TorontoTenantUnion
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We’ve officially started the orientation by singing solidarity forever & it’s a full house.
#SolidarityForever #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TorontoTenantUnion
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This Saturday May 2nd at 2575 Eglinton Avenue West there will be a movie night social at 6pm (immediately following orientation). Wear your comfiest clothes and come meet your fellow members! It’s time to get cozy with TTU! Snacks + pizza will be provided and kids are always welcome. Can’t come to orientation but want to come to the social? By all means join us! It’s sure to be a great evening with great people!
DM us with any questions or dietary restrictions 🫰
#MovieNight #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TenantUnion #Toronto #TorontoTenantUnion
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This Saturday May 2nd at 2575 Eglinton Avenue West there will be a movie night social at 6pm (immediately following orientation). Wear your comfiest clothes and come meet your fellow members! It’s time to get cozy with TTU! Snacks + pizza will be provided and kids are always welcome. Can’t come to orientation but want to come to the social? By all means join us! It’s sure to be a great evening with great people!
DM us with any questions or dietary restrictions 🫰
#MovieNight #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TenantUnion #Toronto #TorontoTenantUnion
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What do we do now that Bill 60 is taking effect? Do we go back home afraid about the roof over our heads? Do we go back to accepting neglectful landlords and endless rent increases?
Instead, let's take action. Let's get organized. We know we are stronger together. Join the Toronto Tenant Union at our orientation!
📆 DATE: May 2nd, 2026
🕓 TIME: 4 PM
📍 WHERE: York South-Weston Community Hub, 2575 Eglinton Ave W, Toronto ON M6M 1T3
🔗 REGISTER: https://www.tenantunion.ca/orientation
We’ll share food, get to know some of the other people who have collectively knocked 10,000 doors to fight Bill 60, and discuss how YOU can get involved in ongoing tenant organizing.
Come learn about what we can do together to build tenant power with our neighbours and force real change in Toronto!
After the orientation please stick around as we'll host a family friendly movie screening at 6 pm.
#TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TenantUnion #Toronto #Ontario #RentControl #Bill60 #ONPoli #TOPoli #CAPoli
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What do we do now that Bill 60 is taking effect? Do we go back home afraid about the roof over our heads? Do we go back to accepting neglectful landlords and endless rent increases?
Instead, let's take action. Let's get organized. We know we are stronger together. Join the Toronto Tenant Union at our orientation!
📆 DATE: May 2nd, 2026
🕓 TIME: 4 PM
📍 WHERE: York South-Weston Community Hub, 2575 Eglinton Ave W, Toronto ON M6M 1T3
🔗 REGISTER: https://www.tenantunion.ca/orientation
We’ll share food, get to know some of the other people who have collectively knocked 10,000 doors to fight Bill 60, and discuss how YOU can get involved in ongoing tenant organizing.
Come learn about what we can do together to build tenant power with our neighbours and force real change in Toronto!
After the orientation please stick around as we'll host a family friendly movie screening at 6 pm.
#TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TenantUnion #Toronto #Ontario #RentControl #Bill60 #ONPoli #TOPoli #CAPoli
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What do we do now that Bill 60 is taking effect? Do we go back home afraid about the roof over our heads? Do we go back to accepting neglectful landlords and endless rent increases?
Instead, let's take action. Let's get organized. We know we are stronger together. Join the Toronto Tenant Union at our orientation!
📆 DATE: May 2nd, 2026
🕓 TIME: 4 PM
📍 WHERE: York South-Weston Community Hub, 2575 Eglinton Ave W, Toronto ON M6M 1T3
🔗 REGISTER: https://www.tenantunion.ca/orientation
We’ll share food, get to know some of the other people who have collectively knocked 10,000 doors to fight Bill 60, and discuss how YOU can get involved in ongoing tenant organizing.
Come learn about what we can do together to build tenant power with our neighbours and force real change in Toronto!
After the orientation please stick around as we'll host a family friendly movie screening at 6 pm.
#TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TenantUnion #Toronto #Ontario #RentControl #Bill60 #ONPoli #TOPoli #CAPoli
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What do we do now that Bill 60 is taking effect? Do we go back home afraid about the roof over our heads? Do we go back to accepting neglectful landlords and endless rent increases?
Instead, let's take action. Let's get organized. We know we are stronger together. Join the Toronto Tenant Union at our orientation!
📆 DATE: May 2nd, 2026
🕓 TIME: 4 PM
📍 WHERE: York South-Weston Community Hub, 2575 Eglinton Ave W, Toronto ON M6M 1T3
🔗 REGISTER: https://www.tenantunion.ca/orientation
We’ll share food, get to know some of the other people who have collectively knocked 10,000 doors to fight Bill 60, and discuss how YOU can get involved in ongoing tenant organizing.
Come learn about what we can do together to build tenant power with our neighbours and force real change in Toronto!
After the orientation please stick around as we'll host a family friendly movie screening at 6 pm.
#TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TenantUnion #Toronto #Ontario #RentControl #Bill60 #ONPoli #TOPoli #CAPoli
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What do we do now that Bill 60 is taking effect? Do we go back home afraid about the roof over our heads? Do we go back to accepting neglectful landlords and endless rent increases?
Instead, let's take action. Let's get organized. We know we are stronger together. Join the Toronto Tenant Union at our orientation!
📆 DATE: May 2nd, 2026
🕓 TIME: 4 PM
📍 WHERE: York South-Weston Community Hub, 2575 Eglinton Ave W, Toronto ON M6M 1T3
🔗 REGISTER: https://www.tenantunion.ca/orientation
We’ll share food, get to know some of the other people who have collectively knocked 10,000 doors to fight Bill 60, and discuss how YOU can get involved in ongoing tenant organizing.
Come learn about what we can do together to build tenant power with our neighbours and force real change in Toronto!
After the orientation please stick around as we'll host a family friendly movie screening at 6 pm.
#TenantPower #StrongerTogether #TenantUnion #Toronto #Ontario #RentControl #Bill60 #ONPoli #TOPoli #CAPoli
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Did you know that our tenant union is growing all over the city? Doesn't matter if you're in Scarborough, Malvern, Don Valley, North York, Weston, York, Etobicoke, South Etobicoke, Parkdale, Regent Park, Downtown or anywhere else in Toronto.
Join us: https://www.tenantunion.ca/membership
#TorontoTenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #Scarborough #DonValley
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Did you know that our tenant union is growing all over the city? Doesn't matter if you're in Scarborough, Malvern, Don Valley, North York, Weston, York, Etobicoke, South Etobicoke, Parkdale, Regent Park, Downtown or anywhere else in Toronto.
Join us: https://www.tenantunion.ca/membership
#TorontoTenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #Scarborough #DonValley
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Did you know that our tenant union is growing all over the city? Doesn't matter if you're in Scarborough, Malvern, Don Valley, North York, Weston, York, Etobicoke, South Etobicoke, Parkdale, Regent Park, Downtown or anywhere else in Toronto.
Join us: https://www.tenantunion.ca/membership
#TorontoTenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #Scarborough #DonValley
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Did you know that our tenant union is growing all over the city? Doesn't matter if you're in Scarborough, Malvern, Don Valley, North York, Weston, York, Etobicoke, South Etobicoke, Parkdale, Regent Park, Downtown or anywhere else in Toronto.
Join us: https://www.tenantunion.ca/membership
#TorontoTenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #Scarborough #DonValley
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Did you know that our tenant union is growing all over the city? Doesn't matter if you're in Scarborough, Malvern, Don Valley, North York, Weston, York, Etobicoke, South Etobicoke, Parkdale, Regent Park, Downtown or anywhere else in Toronto.
Join us: https://www.tenantunion.ca/membership
#TorontoTenantUnion #TenantPower #StrongerTogether #Scarborough #DonValley
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The housing crisis is not a glitch. Fighting it takes a network. Here are the organizations building tenant power in Buffalo.
When facing eviction, code violations, or landlord harassment, the current system relies heavily on tenants feeling isolated. Property owners frequently bank on the fact that an individual renter might lack the resources or the knowledge to fight back alone. A highly effective way to counter that isolation is through organized, cross-community solidarity.
The Rising Tide Fellowship operates within a broader ecosystem of groups working to build working-class power in Western New York. Building a functional defense network means connecting legal aid, mutual aid, and direct action into a cohesive front.
Our digital headquarters serves as a directory to connect you directly with these mission-aligned organizations. While we do not maintain formal or official corporate partnerships with these entities, we consider them vital allies bound by a shared commitment to community sovereignty.
This directory includes legal resources like Neighborhood Legal Services, the Western New York Law Center, and HOME. It also links to on-the-ground organizing groups like the Queen City Workers Center, PUSH Buffalo, and Black Love Resists in the Rust (which is currently sunsetting its operations and not taking on new missions, but remains a highly respected part of our local organizing history).
If you are looking to get involved, or if you are currently facing a hostile property owner and want backup, connecting with the groups already doing the work on the ground is a great first step. You can find direct links to these local allies in our directory.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #Solidarity #WorkingClass #MutualAid #BuffaloNY #RisingTide #Anarchism #QCWC #PUSHBuffalo #HousingJustice -
The housing crisis is not a glitch. Fighting it takes a network. Here are the organizations building tenant power in Buffalo.
When facing eviction, code violations, or landlord harassment, the current system relies heavily on tenants feeling isolated. Property owners frequently bank on the fact that an individual renter might lack the resources or the knowledge to fight back alone. A highly effective way to counter that isolation is through organized, cross-community solidarity.
The Rising Tide Fellowship operates within a broader ecosystem of groups working to build working-class power in Western New York. Building a functional defense network means connecting legal aid, mutual aid, and direct action into a cohesive front.
Our digital headquarters serves as a directory to connect you directly with these mission-aligned organizations. While we do not maintain formal or official corporate partnerships with these entities, we consider them vital allies bound by a shared commitment to community sovereignty.
This directory includes legal resources like Neighborhood Legal Services, the Western New York Law Center, and HOME. It also links to on-the-ground organizing groups like the Queen City Workers Center, PUSH Buffalo, and Black Love Resists in the Rust (which is currently sunsetting its operations and not taking on new missions, but remains a highly respected part of our local organizing history).
If you are looking to get involved, or if you are currently facing a hostile property owner and want backup, connecting with the groups already doing the work on the ground is a great first step. You can find direct links to these local allies in our directory.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #Solidarity #WorkingClass #MutualAid #BuffaloNY #RisingTide #Anarchism #QCWC #PUSHBuffalo #HousingJustice -
The housing crisis is not a glitch. Fighting it takes a network. Here are the organizations building tenant power in Buffalo.
When facing eviction, code violations, or landlord harassment, the current system relies heavily on tenants feeling isolated. Property owners frequently bank on the fact that an individual renter might lack the resources or the knowledge to fight back alone. A highly effective way to counter that isolation is through organized, cross-community solidarity.
The Rising Tide Fellowship operates within a broader ecosystem of groups working to build working-class power in Western New York. Building a functional defense network means connecting legal aid, mutual aid, and direct action into a cohesive front.
Our digital headquarters serves as a directory to connect you directly with these mission-aligned organizations. While we do not maintain formal or official corporate partnerships with these entities, we consider them vital allies bound by a shared commitment to community sovereignty.
This directory includes legal resources like Neighborhood Legal Services, the Western New York Law Center, and HOME. It also links to on-the-ground organizing groups like the Queen City Workers Center, PUSH Buffalo, and Black Love Resists in the Rust (which is currently sunsetting its operations and not taking on new missions, but remains a highly respected part of our local organizing history).
If you are looking to get involved, or if you are currently facing a hostile property owner and want backup, connecting with the groups already doing the work on the ground is a great first step. You can find direct links to these local allies in our directory.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #Solidarity #WorkingClass #MutualAid #BuffaloNY #RisingTide #Anarchism #QCWC #PUSHBuffalo #HousingJustice -
The housing crisis is not a glitch. Fighting it takes a network. Here are the organizations building tenant power in Buffalo.
When facing eviction, code violations, or landlord harassment, the current system relies heavily on tenants feeling isolated. Property owners frequently bank on the fact that an individual renter might lack the resources or the knowledge to fight back alone. A highly effective way to counter that isolation is through organized, cross-community solidarity.
The Rising Tide Fellowship operates within a broader ecosystem of groups working to build working-class power in Western New York. Building a functional defense network means connecting legal aid, mutual aid, and direct action into a cohesive front.
Our digital headquarters serves as a directory to connect you directly with these mission-aligned organizations. While we do not maintain formal or official corporate partnerships with these entities, we consider them vital allies bound by a shared commitment to community sovereignty.
This directory includes legal resources like Neighborhood Legal Services, the Western New York Law Center, and HOME. It also links to on-the-ground organizing groups like the Queen City Workers Center, PUSH Buffalo, and Black Love Resists in the Rust (which is currently sunsetting its operations and not taking on new missions, but remains a highly respected part of our local organizing history).
If you are looking to get involved, or if you are currently facing a hostile property owner and want backup, connecting with the groups already doing the work on the ground is a great first step. You can find direct links to these local allies in our directory.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #Solidarity #WorkingClass #MutualAid #BuffaloNY #RisingTide #Anarchism #QCWC #PUSHBuffalo #HousingJustice -
The housing crisis is not a glitch. Fighting it takes a network. Here are the organizations building tenant power in Buffalo.
When facing eviction, code violations, or landlord harassment, the current system relies heavily on tenants feeling isolated. Property owners frequently bank on the fact that an individual renter might lack the resources or the knowledge to fight back alone. A highly effective way to counter that isolation is through organized, cross-community solidarity.
The Rising Tide Fellowship operates within a broader ecosystem of groups working to build working-class power in Western New York. Building a functional defense network means connecting legal aid, mutual aid, and direct action into a cohesive front.
Our digital headquarters serves as a directory to connect you directly with these mission-aligned organizations. While we do not maintain formal or official corporate partnerships with these entities, we consider them vital allies bound by a shared commitment to community sovereignty.
This directory includes legal resources like Neighborhood Legal Services, the Western New York Law Center, and HOME. It also links to on-the-ground organizing groups like the Queen City Workers Center, PUSH Buffalo, and Black Love Resists in the Rust (which is currently sunsetting its operations and not taking on new missions, but remains a highly respected part of our local organizing history).
If you are looking to get involved, or if you are currently facing a hostile property owner and want backup, connecting with the groups already doing the work on the ground is a great first step. You can find direct links to these local allies in our directory.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #Solidarity #WorkingClass #MutualAid #BuffaloNY #RisingTide #Anarchism #QCWC #PUSHBuffalo #HousingJustice -
Stop begging for repairs. How Buffalo tenants are using Article 7-D and pocket escrows to fight back.
With roughly 20,000 people facing eviction proceedings in Buffalo recently, and tens of thousands more dealing with severe neglect, the scale of predatory housing is staggering. Many corporate property owners treat our neighborhoods as extraction portfolios while treating residents as disposable income streams.
Under New York State law (Article 7-D), tenants possess the power to affirmatively sue their landlords for repairs and rent abatements. Instead of waiting for an eviction notice to defend yourself, you can take the offensive. A key tactic in this process is the "pocket escrow." Rather than paying a neglectful owner, a tenant places their rent money into a separate, dedicated savings account. This keeps the funds secure and ready to produce in court when a judge asks for proof of funds, protecting the tenant while stopping the flow of profit to the slumlord.
We highly recommend securing legal representation before taking these steps. Buffalo is home to excellent resources like the Western New York Law Center, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Neighborhood Legal Services, Center for Elder Law & Justice, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. However, with the sheer volume of housing cases, these organizations frequently reach capacity. When free legal aid is full, tenants can explore private contingency firms or prepare to file pro se (representing yourself).
Individual lawsuits are a start, but true leverage comes from collective numbers. Building a citywide tenant union provides the power to pass strong Good Cause Eviction protections, similar to the blueprint recently established in Rochester. Part of this fight is redefining the narrative. A true "small landlord" is an individual who lives in one half of a duplex and rents out the other unit. An owner renting out a non-owner-occupied single-family home, or an owner-occupied triplex, is operating a real estate portfolio.
The Rising Tide Fellowship is helping neighbors navigate these systems step-by-step. Check out our Linktree to connect with our network, find direct links to free legal aid providers, and link up with allied organizations building tenant power across the city.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #HousingJustice #Article7D #RentStrike #BuffaloNY #MutualAid #GoodCauseEviction #RisingTide #Anarchism #WorkingClass -
Stop begging for repairs. How Buffalo tenants are using Article 7-D and pocket escrows to fight back.
With roughly 20,000 people facing eviction proceedings in Buffalo recently, and tens of thousands more dealing with severe neglect, the scale of predatory housing is staggering. Many corporate property owners treat our neighborhoods as extraction portfolios while treating residents as disposable income streams.
Under New York State law (Article 7-D), tenants possess the power to affirmatively sue their landlords for repairs and rent abatements. Instead of waiting for an eviction notice to defend yourself, you can take the offensive. A key tactic in this process is the "pocket escrow." Rather than paying a neglectful owner, a tenant places their rent money into a separate, dedicated savings account. This keeps the funds secure and ready to produce in court when a judge asks for proof of funds, protecting the tenant while stopping the flow of profit to the slumlord.
We highly recommend securing legal representation before taking these steps. Buffalo is home to excellent resources like the Western New York Law Center, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Neighborhood Legal Services, Center for Elder Law & Justice, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. However, with the sheer volume of housing cases, these organizations frequently reach capacity. When free legal aid is full, tenants can explore private contingency firms or prepare to file pro se (representing yourself).
Individual lawsuits are a start, but true leverage comes from collective numbers. Building a citywide tenant union provides the power to pass strong Good Cause Eviction protections, similar to the blueprint recently established in Rochester. Part of this fight is redefining the narrative. A true "small landlord" is an individual who lives in one half of a duplex and rents out the other unit. An owner renting out a non-owner-occupied single-family home, or an owner-occupied triplex, is operating a real estate portfolio.
The Rising Tide Fellowship is helping neighbors navigate these systems step-by-step. Check out our Linktree to connect with our network, find direct links to free legal aid providers, and link up with allied organizations building tenant power across the city.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #HousingJustice #Article7D #RentStrike #BuffaloNY #MutualAid #GoodCauseEviction #RisingTide #Anarchism #WorkingClass -
Stop begging for repairs. How Buffalo tenants are using Article 7-D and pocket escrows to fight back.
With roughly 20,000 people facing eviction proceedings in Buffalo recently, and tens of thousands more dealing with severe neglect, the scale of predatory housing is staggering. Many corporate property owners treat our neighborhoods as extraction portfolios while treating residents as disposable income streams.
Under New York State law (Article 7-D), tenants possess the power to affirmatively sue their landlords for repairs and rent abatements. Instead of waiting for an eviction notice to defend yourself, you can take the offensive. A key tactic in this process is the "pocket escrow." Rather than paying a neglectful owner, a tenant places their rent money into a separate, dedicated savings account. This keeps the funds secure and ready to produce in court when a judge asks for proof of funds, protecting the tenant while stopping the flow of profit to the slumlord.
We highly recommend securing legal representation before taking these steps. Buffalo is home to excellent resources like the Western New York Law Center, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Neighborhood Legal Services, Center for Elder Law & Justice, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. However, with the sheer volume of housing cases, these organizations frequently reach capacity. When free legal aid is full, tenants can explore private contingency firms or prepare to file pro se (representing yourself).
Individual lawsuits are a start, but true leverage comes from collective numbers. Building a citywide tenant union provides the power to pass strong Good Cause Eviction protections, similar to the blueprint recently established in Rochester. Part of this fight is redefining the narrative. A true "small landlord" is an individual who lives in one half of a duplex and rents out the other unit. An owner renting out a non-owner-occupied single-family home, or an owner-occupied triplex, is operating a real estate portfolio.
The Rising Tide Fellowship is helping neighbors navigate these systems step-by-step. Check out our Linktree to connect with our network, find direct links to free legal aid providers, and link up with allied organizations building tenant power across the city.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #HousingJustice #Article7D #RentStrike #BuffaloNY #MutualAid #GoodCauseEviction #RisingTide #Anarchism #WorkingClass -
Stop begging for repairs. How Buffalo tenants are using Article 7-D and pocket escrows to fight back.
With roughly 20,000 people facing eviction proceedings in Buffalo recently, and tens of thousands more dealing with severe neglect, the scale of predatory housing is staggering. Many corporate property owners treat our neighborhoods as extraction portfolios while treating residents as disposable income streams.
Under New York State law (Article 7-D), tenants possess the power to affirmatively sue their landlords for repairs and rent abatements. Instead of waiting for an eviction notice to defend yourself, you can take the offensive. A key tactic in this process is the "pocket escrow." Rather than paying a neglectful owner, a tenant places their rent money into a separate, dedicated savings account. This keeps the funds secure and ready to produce in court when a judge asks for proof of funds, protecting the tenant while stopping the flow of profit to the slumlord.
We highly recommend securing legal representation before taking these steps. Buffalo is home to excellent resources like the Western New York Law Center, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Neighborhood Legal Services, Center for Elder Law & Justice, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. However, with the sheer volume of housing cases, these organizations frequently reach capacity. When free legal aid is full, tenants can explore private contingency firms or prepare to file pro se (representing yourself).
Individual lawsuits are a start, but true leverage comes from collective numbers. Building a citywide tenant union provides the power to pass strong Good Cause Eviction protections, similar to the blueprint recently established in Rochester. Part of this fight is redefining the narrative. A true "small landlord" is an individual who lives in one half of a duplex and rents out the other unit. An owner renting out a non-owner-occupied single-family home, or an owner-occupied triplex, is operating a real estate portfolio.
The Rising Tide Fellowship is helping neighbors navigate these systems step-by-step. Check out our Linktree to connect with our network, find direct links to free legal aid providers, and link up with allied organizations building tenant power across the city.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #HousingJustice #Article7D #RentStrike #BuffaloNY #MutualAid #GoodCauseEviction #RisingTide #Anarchism #WorkingClass -
If you're interested in #RefusingTogether this year and looking to discuss further, our #CentreSudMTL branch will be hosting a workshop and assembly on rent increases this Thursday, February 12, from 6 pm to 8 pm at 1710 rue Beaudry.
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This Wednesday, at 6 pm at 251 avenue des Pins Ouest, our union's biweekly school continues. This next class is "Security Culture and Militant Tech Security." This class is ideal for people looking to boost their confidence with preparing for direct actions, and gives essential building blocks for revolutionaries looking to fight the state in the 21st century
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This Sunday, February 15, the tenants' union is calling on people across the island to join their closest neighbourhood branch for a day of flyering, postering, stickering, and door-knocking.
We are starting to receive yet another wave of rent increases that for many of us spells further poverty, burnout, or eviction. We will not pay for the riches of landlords. Don't let them take the city while we sleep! We need every hand on deck to organize our neighbourhoods into mass fighting organizations for our self-defence and liberation.
Where and when to join us:
in #Hochelaga: tenant circle at 12 pm; postering and flyering meet-up at 2 pm at 1800 Letourneux
in #MileEnd / #Outremont: 1 pm at 5550 Parc (YMCA du Parc)
in the #PlateauMTL / downtown: 12 pm at 3516 Parc
in #CentreSudMTL: 3 pm at métro Frontenac
in #VerdunMTL: 2 pm at métro de l'Église
on the #LigneBleue: 12 pm at métro Parc -
This Sunday, February 15, the tenants' union is calling on people across the island to join their closest neighbourhood branch for a day of flyering, postering, stickering, and door-knocking.
We are starting to receive yet another wave of rent increases that for many of us spells further poverty, burnout, or eviction. We will not pay for the riches of landlords. Don't let them take the city while we sleep! We need every hand on deck to organize our neighbourhoods into mass fighting organizations for our self-defence and liberation.
Where and when to join us:
in #Hochelaga: tenant circle at 12 pm; postering and flyering meet-up at 2 pm at 1800 Letourneux
in #MileEnd / #Outremont: 1 pm at 5550 Parc (YMCA du Parc)
in the #PlateauMTL / downtown: 12 pm at 3516 Parc
in #CentreSudMTL: 3 pm at métro Frontenac
in #VerdunMTL: 2 pm at métro de l'Église
on the #LigneBleue: 12 pm at métro Parc -
This Sunday, February 15, the tenants' union is calling on people across the island to join their closest neighbourhood branch for a day of flyering, postering, stickering, and door-knocking.
We are starting to receive yet another wave of rent increases that for many of us spells further poverty, burnout, or eviction. We will not pay for the riches of landlords. Don't let them take the city while we sleep! We need every hand on deck to organize our neighbourhoods into mass fighting organizations for our self-defence and liberation.
Where and when to join us:
in #Hochelaga: tenant circle at 12 pm; postering and flyering meet-up at 2 pm at 1800 Letourneux
in #MileEnd / #Outremont: 1 pm at 5550 Parc (YMCA du Parc)
in the #PlateauMTL / downtown: 12 pm at 3516 Parc
in #CentreSudMTL: 3 pm at métro Frontenac
in #VerdunMTL: 2 pm at métro de l'Église
on the #LigneBleue: 12 pm at métro Parc -
This Sunday, February 15, the tenants' union is calling on people across the island to join their closest neighbourhood branch for a day of flyering, postering, stickering, and door-knocking.
We are starting to receive yet another wave of rent increases that for many of us spells further poverty, burnout, or eviction. We will not pay for the riches of landlords. Don't let them take the city while we sleep! We need every hand on deck to organize our neighbourhoods into mass fighting organizations for our self-defence and liberation.
Where and when to join us:
in #Hochelaga: tenant circle at 12 pm; postering and flyering meet-up at 2 pm at 1800 Letourneux
in #MileEnd / #Outremont: 1 pm at 5550 Parc (YMCA du Parc)
in the #PlateauMTL / downtown: 12 pm at 3516 Parc
in #CentreSudMTL: 3 pm at métro Frontenac
in #VerdunMTL: 2 pm at métro de l'Église
on the #LigneBleue: 12 pm at métro Parc -
This Sunday, February 15, the tenants' union is calling on people across the island to join their closest neighbourhood branch for a day of flyering, postering, stickering, and door-knocking.
We are starting to receive yet another wave of rent increases that for many of us spells further poverty, burnout, or eviction. We will not pay for the riches of landlords. Don't let them take the city while we sleep! We need every hand on deck to organize our neighbourhoods into mass fighting organizations for our self-defence and liberation.
Where and when to join us:
in #Hochelaga: tenant circle at 12 pm; postering and flyering meet-up at 2 pm at 1800 Letourneux
in #MileEnd / #Outremont: 1 pm at 5550 Parc (YMCA du Parc)
in the #PlateauMTL / downtown: 12 pm at 3516 Parc
in #CentreSudMTL: 3 pm at métro Frontenac
in #VerdunMTL: 2 pm at métro de l'Église
on the #LigneBleue: 12 pm at métro Parc -
On Wednesday, Sept 24, at 6 pm, at Cité-des-Hospitalières (251 avenue des Pins), our union will be launching SLAM School, a series of 12 classes spaced out over every 2 weeks. The classes are meant to capture a whole spectrum of analysis and tools we believe are necessary to build a combative and autonomous movement of tenants.
Don't miss our first class: an introduction to the union and its principles! It is meant for long-time and new members to consolidate the basic tools with which we approach our experiences as tenants. Future classes include a two-parter on "How to Organize Your Building"; a class on legal literacy, critical legal theory, housing law, and laws around direct action; two classes on the economics of real estate capitalism in #montreal a class on anti-authoritarian revolutions and lessons we can pull from them; a class on emergency preparedness; and more.
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This Sunday, 15:00 (3 pm) to 17:00 (5 pm), our branch in Centre-Sud (#CentreSudMTL) will be hosting a bookclub at Café la Ligne Verte. We will be reading the recently released "Abolish Rent" by organizers and theorists from Los Angeles, Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis. No need to read in advance, we'll be reading together! The book, full of success stories from fights against landlords and catchy critiques of rent and landlordship, is quickly becoming essential reading in the union. Here is an excerpt from the book:
Rent is a wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest, the most vulnerable to the least, a monthly tribute that drives millions to debt, despair, and into the streets... If rent abolition is our aim, tenant power must be the means—built through everyday resistance in our buildings and on our blocks. This is the revolutionary project we need to make our housing, our cities, and the world our home.
We are, also, pleased to declare victory, as has been announced in the Montreal Gazette and CTV News, for those who haven't heard yet, in our struggle against the landlord, Mario St-Cyr. Our fight revolved around our boycott of Le Club. We reached a deal with the landlord: a 0% increase, and the tenants take on their own hydro bills as of October. No back payments for the past few months, and to top it all off, since there's no increase on the actual rent, future increases will be smaller.
This story has not just been about a fight with a landlord, but about a struggle against the Housing Tribunal and its protection of landlord profit. We knew that if this went to the Tribunal hearing, because of the landlord's $350,000 renovation costs this year, our members would be facing as much as a 15% increase or higher.
We have shown that through direct action—that is, by combative acts which do not rely on higher authorities—we can claim victories without leaving our fate in the hands of landlords, the government, or its tribunals. We put direct economic and social pressure on the landlord with our picket lines, and postering, and won. Even the landlord has, begrudgingly, acknowledged our success:
SLAM’s tactics of protesting outside his son’s café were “extraordinary” and “very dishonest,” Mario said. Still, “it’s because of the protest that I gave in,” he said.
This is all thanks to the autonomous initiative of our members & the work that comrades and the public put into supporting this campaign. Thank you to everyone who showed us solidarity.
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Wall Street landlords and right-wing billionaires are desperate to take out @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Why? Because he’s not theirs to control. He doesn’t kiss the ring. He organizes. He legislates. He wins. Queens, don’t let corporate parasites buy your voice. #ZohranForNY #TenantPower #ClassWar