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Tenant Talk Live calls/webinars provide opportunities for residents to connect with NLIHC and one another, to share best practices, and to learn how to be more involved in influencing federal housing policies and to lead in their communities. Normally held once a month, Tenant Talk Live is now being offered more frequently to inform and learn from resident and tenant leaders are organizing throughout the country.
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2024 TENANT TALK LIVE (January - June)
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Memo to Members and Partners Articles
Larry Gross Reflects on Five Decades of Tenant Organizing in Los Angeles
By Courtney Cooperman, NLIHC
This article is adapted from an interview with Larry Gross, executive director of the Coalition for Economic Survival.
The Coalition for Economic Survival (CES) is a grassroots community-…
By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC
This article was adapted from an interview with John Atlas, a leader in the tenant organizing movement during the 1970s and ‘80s and the co-founder of Shelterforce, a publication that focuses on stories about affordable housing, including tenant organizing.
John Atlas…
By Evan Martinez, Formerly of NLIHC
NLIHC celebrates our 50th anniversary this year, and from the very beginning, our efforts to ensure affordable and accessible housing for people with the lowest incomes have been driven by residents and tenant organizers. Founded in 1974, NLIHC was meant…
Dear Readers,
We are thrilled to introduce this new issue of Tenant Talk on behalf of NLIHC’s board and staff. For decades, tenant organizers in this country have fiercely advocated to secure rights for tenants. The history of housing in the U.S. has been shaped by institutionalized racism,…