PTU in the Media

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Media Coverage:

"Tenants in Southeast Portland Launch a Rent Strike, Hoping to Stay in Their Gentrifying Apartment Complex" (Willamette Week, 7/31/18)

"In Dispute With Tenants, Oregon Lawmaker Plans to Subpoena Newspaper, Activists" (Oregon Public Broadcasting, 3/21/18)

"Portland Debates Policy Requiring Landlords to Pay Some Renters' Moving Costs" (KGW 8, 2/28/18) [Note: Find updated information on Relo at portlandoregon.gov/phb/rso]

"Guest Opinion: Protecting Renters, Not Landlords, the Right Call for Portland" (Oregonian, 10/18/17)

"Not Gonna Leave: 3 Times Neighbors Got Together to Fight Gentrification" (Everyday Feminism, 9/11/17)

"Activist Group Shames Landlord Who Hiked Rent of 18 Northeast Portland Families" (Portland Tribune, 5/24/17)

"Tenants Union Wants Portland Mayor to Force Landlords to Forgive February Rent for People Who Lost Wages During the Snow" (Willamette Week, 1/18/17)

"Margot Black Wants to Take On the Landlords and Portland City Hall" (Willamette Week, 12/7/16)

"East Portland Tenants Have Started a Rent Strike" (Willamette Week, 11/8/16)

"Portland Tenants Publicly Shame Their Landlord Over Rent Hike" (Oregonian, 9/10/16)

"Renters Protest Disrupts Gala for Landlords and Property Managers" (KATU, 5/26/16)

"Inside the Growing Tenant Movement Fighting to End Mass Displacement" (Waging Nonviolence, 4/20/16)