Tenants United Podcast: Recent Episodes
Tenants United Podcast
Tenants United Podcast is a podcast about tenant organizing! We interview members of tenant unions from across the country to share tips and tactics for new organizers. Contact us at tenantsunitedpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @TenantsPod. Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/tenantsunitedpodcast.
This is the second episode in our "The Housing Question" series! In this series, we'll discuss various topics from housing theories and how they relate to tenant organizing. This episode is about the commodification of housing and why housing for profit can never provide housing for all.
Resources for further reading:
Capital City by Samuel Stein, 2019
In Defense of Housing by David Madden and Peter Marcuse, 2016
Urban Warfare: Housing Under the Empire of Financeby Raquel Rolnik, 2019
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenantsunitedpodcast
Interested in coming on the show, or just want to reach out? Send us an email at tenantsunitedpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TenantsPod.
Zoey and Mac from the Houston Tenants Union in Texas join to talk about how their union got started and how they approach tenant organizing campaigns.
Houston Tenants Union
Website: https://www.houstontenantsunion.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonTenantsUnion/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HoustonTenants
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenantsunitedpodcast
Interested in coming on the show, or just want to reach out? Send us an email at tenantsunitedpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TenantsPod.
This is the first episode in our new "The Housing Question" series! In this series, we'll discuss various topics from housing theories and how they relate to tenant organizing. This episode is about the dominant housing crisis narratives that are constructed by the ruling classes and how we can challenge them through alternative narratives and organizing.
Resources for further reading:
In Defense of Housing by David Madden and Peter Marcuse, 2016
"The politics of crisis: Deconstructing the dominant narratives of the housing crisis," in Antipode, by Julia Heslop and Emma Ormerod, 2020
"The gap: A shortage of affordable homes," The National Coalition for Low Income Housing, 2020
"The renewed ‘crisis’: Housing struggle before and after the pandemic," The Radical Housing Journal, Issue 2.1, 2020
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenantsunitedpodcast
Interested in coming on the show, or just want to reach out? Send us an email at tenantsunitedpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TenantsPod.
Crystal, Adam, and Deidre from the Palm Beach County Tenants Union (PBCTU) share how their union was formed, including personal stories about how Crystal and Deidre organized with their own neighbors.
PBCTU
Website: https://www.pbctu.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pbctenantsrising/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pbctenantsunion
Learn more about ATUN here: https://atun-rsia.org/
Intro song: Apocalypse Now (& Later) by Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers
Closing song: The Friendship Song by Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers
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Interested in coming on the show, or just want to reach out? Send us an email at tenantsunitedpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TenantsPod.
Three organizers from the Los Angeles Tenant Union (LATU) join the show to talk about housing in LA, the history of LATU, and what the union has been working on as they've grown.
LATU
Website: https://latenantsunion.org/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/latenantsunion
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LATenantsUnion
Learn more about ATUN here: https://atun-rsia.org/
It's Going Downpodcast episode about ATUN: https://itsgoingdown.org/building-renter-power-with-the-autonomous-tenants-union-network/
Intro song: The Long March by Blue Scholars
Closing song: Cornerstone by Blue Scholars
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In this episode, we're joined by two organizers from the Richmond Tenants Union in Richmond, VA to talk about how their union formed and discuss their two-pronged approach to tenant organizing and eviction defense.
Richmond Tenants Union
Website: https://richmondtenantsunion.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RichmondTenantsUnion/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richmondtenants
Email: richmondtenantsunion@riseup.net
Intro song: Staring Out The Window At Your Old Apartment by Jeff Rosenstock
Closing song: Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of Your First by Pat the Bunny
Interested in coming on the show, or just want to reach out? Send us an email at tenantsunitedpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TenantsPod.
In Part 2 of our 2-part series on evictions and the CDC moratorium, we're joined by Laurie Heer Dale with the Nebraska Volunteer Lawyers Project. We talk about the Tenant Assistant Project in Lincoln, NE, how the project has helped tenants before and during the moratorium, and how others can organize similar projects in their own cities.
Nebraska Volunteer Lawyers Project Website: https://nevlp.org/
Lincoln Tenant Assistance Project Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LNKTAP/
Opening song: Oh, Had I a Golden Thread by Pete Seeger
Closing song: If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song) by Pete Seeger
In Part 1 of our 2-part series on the CDC's eviction moratorium, we're joined by John Pollock with the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel to talk about the moratorium, why tenants are still being evicted, and how a right to counsel would help.
National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
Website: http://civilrighttocounsel.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheNCCRC
Other Resources
CDC Eviction Moratorium
Eviction Lab
National Housing Law Project
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Opening Song: Plants by Crumb
Closing Song: Vinta by Crumb
In this episode, two organizers from Tenants United Hyde Park/Woodlawn in Chicago join us to discuss their approach to tenant organizing and how they are building the better world we know is possible.
Tenants United Hyde Park/Woodlawn
Website: https://www.tenantsunitedchicago.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tenantsunited1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenantsunitedhp
Email: tenantsunited.hpwl@gmail.com
Intro song: "Diddy Bop" by Noname feat. Raury and Cam O'bi
Outro song: "Bye Bye Baby" by Noname
Interested in coming on the show, or just want to reach out? Send us an email at tenantsunitedpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TenantsPod.
On the first episode of Tenants United Podcast, we interview Jade and Lucas, two organizers with Omaha Tenants United. We discuss OTU's history, talk about organizational structure, and share tips for new tenant organizers.
Omaha Tenants United
Website: https://omahatenantsunited.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OmahaTenantsUnited
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmahaTenants
Email: omahatenantsunited@protonmail.com
Intro song: "Comrades" by Bambu
Outro song: "Welcome to the Party" by Bambu
Interested in coming on the show, or just want to reach out? Send us an email at tenantsunitedpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TenantsPod.