Thousands of tenants contact us each year seeking information and assistance to remedy rental housing problems.  We work with tenants to prevent evictions and homelessness, minimize the adverse consequences to tenants and the community when eviction does occur, improve living conditions at substandard properties, help tenants recover security deposits that are unlawfully kept, and inform tenants of their rights generally, so that they may avoid rental housing problems in the future.We also  help tenants win improvements and new ownership at troubled, HUD properties; win policy changes at the state and national level to protect tenants and preserve affordable housing; and train low income tenant leaders so that they have a voice in their communities.For more than 30 years, we have given tenants the information and assistance they need to solve their rental housing problems, as well as get involved and make a difference in their communities.Our programs include:

Educating tenants about their rights through weekly workshops, phone assistance, and written materials. Preserving and improving multifamily housing, with active, informed input from the residents of the property, primarily at federally-subsidized housing threatened with market-rate conversion, substandard conditions or unaffordable utilities. Building the capacity of tenant groups through leadership development.