Symbiosis PDX is calling for volunteers to help with flyering and door-to-door canvassing to let the East Portland community know about the upcoming East Portland Housing Assembly.  Portland Tenants United is proud to endorse the Assembly, and we encourage our volunteers to help mobilize for it.

For more information, check out the Facebook event or email symbiosis.pdx@gmail.com

Portland Tenants United is proud to endorse the East Portland Housing Assembly, hosted by Symbiosis PDX.  This event will feature educational content and brief talks from a variety of community organizations including the Wimby Tenants Union, Living Cully and Symbiosis PDX, followed up by a community assembly to begin building a movement for housing justice in East Portland.

For more information, visit the Facebook event here.

Direct Tenant Organizing (DTO) does tenant-to-tenant canvassing and outreach to educate, agitate and organize renters in their buildings.  We help our fellow renters collectively advocate for their protection and benefit, form tenant unions, and assert #TenantPower through direct action. 

For more info, contact dto@pdxtu.org

Portland Tenants United often offers our volunteers in partnership with Living Cully's tenant rights organizing, and we're proud to support the Cully Housing Action Team (CHAT).  If you're in the area, come to CHAT's monthly meeting!  

CHAT’s 3 ongoing campaigns:
1. Support neighbors who are facing immediate housing crises, focusing on residents of mobile home parks.
2. Collective ownership of land to create affordable homeownership opportunities.
3. Advocate for tenants that are at risk of being displaced and advocate for better tenant protections at the state and local level.

Dinner, childcare and English/Spanish translation are provided.

You can learn more at www.livingcully.org

There will be two days of City Council hearings to discuss the Fair Access in Renting (FAIR) ordinance - Chloe Eudaly's groundbreaking package of tenant protections which would cap the cost of security deposits and protect tenants from having them stolen, while making the process of applying for rental units more fair and transparent and protecting tenants from discrimination.  The hearings will be on Wednesday, April 3 and Thursday, April 4, from 2-5 pm both days.    

Mark your calendars and stay tuned for action alerts as we mobilize to pass these vital protections!  For more information, contact oac@pdxtu.org.

This is the monthly meeting where our Organizing Committee (a group of committed volunteers who run our union day-to-day) discuss issues affecting PTU as a whole.  All members are encouraged to attend and be part of building the union.

For more info, contact info@pdxtu.org  

Engage members in struggle for tenants’ rights, build community of solidarity among members, facilitate member involvement in democracy of PTU, educate members about services, grow membership.
For more info contact: member@pdxtu.org

The Rental Services Commission is the City's main advisory body for landlord-tenant policy.  This week, they'll be discussing the proposed budget for Portland's Rental Services Office.  Come share your stories and make sure tenant voices are heard!

See meeting agenda and important documents here

Advocating for policy change, meeting with policymakers, strategizing about expanding tenant protections within the halls of power, engaging sister organizations through inter-organizational outreach to build coalitions that fight for housing justice through intersectional solidarity.

For more info contact: oac@pdxtu.org