Tenants union spokane

Volunteer at the TU. We need your talents! Contact us for volunteer opportunities today. MISSION: We are a tenant -led group who believes housing is a human right! Tenants Union Tenant.

Note: we are an independent organization, NOT affiliated with either the owners or management company of the Vintage at Spokane apartment building. This is what de-funding the police can look like. Calls for current members are usually returned within one week. Thru and be counted. Spokane City Council is voting to protect tenants from discrimination against the use of housing vouchers and other alternative source of income to pay rent.

This new section is included in the proposed human rights chapter that will be added to the Spokane Municipal Code. Lucile Street and Rainier Ave S. It is across the street from Veldyke Properties. We achieve organizing victories through outreach, training, leadership development, strategic analysis, creative direct action and legislative advocacy. Look to this page for updates on the road.

Or, attorneys can resolve disputes over security deposits and unsafe housing. She stopped by the apartment building Friday to educate tenants on their rights in this situation. Our goal is to help tenants remain in housing,” she said. Advocacy for her means educating tenants, landlords, the community and policy makers.

Meanwhile, landlords say they are trying to stay afloat financially while maintaining their. The last six months have been extremely. The city of Spokane enacted a Human Rights chapter to the municipal code ending discrimination against tenants who use vouchers or other source of income to pay rent. The calculation of income must not allow this practice to continue.

When tenants organize and fight, they win, Burke said in a statement. Congratulations to the Vintage residents. Peer Spokane cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing peer emotional support and development services. Many tenants in Spokane feel powerless to speak up against their landlords, especially if they live in substandard housing.

On Wednesday Spokane City Councilwoman Kate Burke gave them a forum to speak out. RELATED: Downtown Spokane. We pride ourselves on our tenant service, and consistently strive to make things easier for you. The Spokane office provides a weekly walk-in tenant clinic to educate and inform tenants about tenant rights and assist with legal and financial resources.

We organize tenants living in HUD Section project based buildings and in public housing to form tenants associations to collectively address housing and quality of life. Landlords, tenants groups both back eviction moratorium Groups representing tenants and landlords in the Spokane area both voiced support for a recently-issued moratorium on evictions. The flames caused $100in damage, and displaced people living in the apartments.

Northeast Community Center.