Competition Bureau investigating high tech price-fixing by Canadian landlords #landlords #Canada #pricefixing #renting #rentersrights https://breachmedia.ca/competition-bureau-investigating-price-fixing-canadian-landlords/
Q: Should tenants take part of "Residents Associations," or should those only include owner/occupiers and landlords?
A: Yes, they should! They RESIDE in the area, don't they? Furthermore, many tenants take more interest in their neighbourhood and are more proactive than owners.
We live nearly a decade in the same place, go to public community meetings, we care about improving our area but cannot be members?
Tell your MP that this should be made illegal in Canada: Canadian mega landlord using AI ‘pricing scheme’ as it massively hikes rents #renting #pricefixing #landlords #realestate #Canada #rentersrights https://breachmedia.ca/canadian-mega-landlord-ai-pricing-scheme-hikes-rents/
See you tomorrow Adelaide! Let's use this time to discuss our challenges, share our victories, and plan for the future together. Whether you’re new to the union or a long-time member, your insights and energy can make a real difference.
Date: Wednesday, 24th July
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Hotel Grand Chancellor, Foyer Bar
I’m up from Melbourne and can’t wait to meet you all in person. -B
Despite #BCNDP saying they’ve stopped #renovictions in #BritishColumbia they’re still very much happening. After a ruling from the Residential Tenancy Branch #RTB dozens of #Esquimalt #seniors are being kicked out in four months for the new owners to do renovations.
Many of the #renters being displaced are #LowIncome, either on #disability or a #FixedPension. As a result, most of them can’t afford market rent, and fear they could be homeless.
Because the new owner is doing renovations, not a total demolition, Esquimalt’s #Tenant Assistance Policy isn’t triggered. Any stronger policy is the #BCgovernment jurisdiction.
“It’s time for the provincial government to actually stop this from happening. If they really want to stop renovictions, then they need to change the laws,” said Douglas King, executive director of #TogetherAgainstPovertySociety.
King says what’s needed is a BC-wide #TenantAssistance #policy to better #ProtectTenants facing #displacement, but also to prevent #taxpayers from paying for the consequences down the line.
Link in bio to join from our website!
Alt text: Join the RAHU-volution! There is an urgent need to address the power imbalance between renters and property owners. Join RAHU now and let's collectively organise for the right to safe and secure housing, through self-advocacy, education, and eviction defence.
Someone made a database of shitty rentals and real estate agencies in Australia.
How good is this!?!
On Friday the 15th, Transgender RAHU members and their allies joined https://kolektiva.social/@TransQueerSolidarity and others to stand against dishonest and violent reporting on trans people by the mainstream media. We gathered outside the Channel 7 building in response to their Spotlight episode on “de-transitioning” children.
Common Ground Conversations – a group of far-right agent provocateurs – turned up to disrupt the protest; to misrepresent and harass protesters. This was, per usual, under the guise of “just asking questions”. The political tactics of these guys haven’t evolved since 2014, it seems.
RAHU and other protesters formed a blockade to make Common Ground Conversations’ footage unusable while preventing them from getting too close to the crowd. We, as a union, categorically denounce these culture war attacks that are perpetuated by fascists, capitalists, and neoliberals. They target groups of people that destabilise the hegemonic ideal of what society “should be” and how those within it “should live”.
Channel 7 may issue all the apologies they want but they cannot wash the blood from their hands. Spreading disinformation about vulnerable and marginalised groups has consequences. Trans folk, First Nation people, refugees and immigrants, the poor, and other such groups are all too often used dishonestly by the media. They spin their narratives to create division amongst the working class, including renters.
Make no mistake. This is class warfare. We will not be divided.
#Landlords partner with #illegal #Airbnb operators to evict long-term tenants, raise rents and inflate property values. Everyone wins — except people who need a place to live.
Texas bans homeowners’ associations from discriminating against renters who receive federal housing aid
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/07/texas-hoas-housing-section-8/
Great turn out today at the Renters Right info sesh. From repair issues to rent increases to legal recourse we used shared knowledge to help arm renters for a first line of defence. 
#RAHU #RentersRights
This piece by the Milwaukee Sentinel in conjunction with @ProPublica is meticulously reported and emotionally gutting. Well done.
