Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026On June 25th, organized tenants in NYC - the real estate capital of the world - won a historic rent freeze. For decades, working class residents have been building a cross-racial, multiethnic, intergenerational movement for fair and stable housing. 111
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026America is celebrating its 250th anniversary. Here's our question: After 250 years... Is this really the America we dreamed of? 🧵 100
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceLocal Progress @localprogress.bsky.social · 14/04/2026As the Twin Cities deal with the fallout from the Trump Admin's federal invasion, renters are struggling to avoid evictions. S/O to our members in Minneapolis and Saint Paul who are tirelessly advocating for extra renter protections. bit.ly/4tNJtk8minnpost.comMinnesota renters are still feeling pain of federal ICE attack - MinnPostTwin Cities working-class renters are facing a housing crisis that continues to overlap with the threat of persecution by the Trump admin. 021
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceShelterforce @shelterforce.bsky.social · 14/04/2026“I folded myself inside of myself.” A poem about eviction, memory, and survival. Listen to the full piece: bit.ly/4t1WrLc #Poetry #HousingJusticeyoutu.be"Landlord," by LindoYesIn this poem, poet Lindo Jones, known as LindoYes, describes the lifelong effects of eviction on a child. For more housing-related poetry, visit https://shelterforce.org/poetry/. 031
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceBright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 14/04/2026By the way, I highly recommend this entire series of articles in @convergencemag.com that aims (and in my opinion succeeds) in depicting how UTLA transformed into the excellent union it is today. convergencemag.com/convergence-...convergencemag.comConvergence series: United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)This series covers the first six years, 2014–2020, in the transformation of one of the largest local unions in the United States, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). 142
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceCity Life/Vida Urbana @citylifevidaurbana.bsky.social · 07/04/2026JOIN US in the statewide movement to win rent control in Massachusetts in 2026 💚! It’s time to prove that people power and solidarity are stronger than corporate greed 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏼. When we fight, we win ⚡️ #MaPoli #KeepMassHome Sign up here ➡️ keepmasshome.com/get-involved 122
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceCity Life/Vida Urbana @citylifevidaurbana.bsky.social · 07/04/2026CLVU members joined over 300 Massachusetts neighbors today at the State House to say RENT CONTROL NOW 🏡☀️! From Western MA to Cape Cod, tenants & small homeowners are tired of corporate landlords pricing us out of our homes. By passing rent control, we can #KeepMassHome for all of us #RentControlMA 🧡 463
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Today, tenants rallied & made ourselves impossible to ignore. But the fight for rent control in Massachusetts isn't over — it's just getting started. Follow Keep Massachusetts Home on Instagram and stay ready, because we need all of us to win! 🏠 #KeepMassHome #HomesForAll 040
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026From Providence to Colorado to Georgia to Long Beach — and today in Boston. 🏠 Tenants are done waiting. “Homes for all, across this great nation. We will come together and raise people's power and we have rent stabilization.” This is what organized resistance looks like. #KeepMassHome #HomesForAll 020
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026🎙️“In less than a year, my family has experienced 3 rent increases…in total over $750.” 🎙️ Corporate landlords have no limits on how much they can raise your rent in Massachusetts. That ends with rent control. #KeepMassHome #RentControlNow #HomesForAll 032
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026This is what hundreds of Massachusetts renters showing up for one another looks like. From across Massachusetts, we showed up today to say: housing is a human right — not a financial asset. #KeepMassHome #HomesForAll 043
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Mimi Ramos, ED of New England Community Project, pumping up the crowd and speaking at today's rally for rent control in Boston. Massachusetts lawmakers: the people are watching. #KeepMassHome #RentControlNow 051
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026🚨WE ARE HERE. 🚨 Hundreds of tenants just took over the steps of the Massachusetts State House demanding rent control NOW. ⚡️ This is what tenant power looks like! ✨🙌🏾✨ #KeepMassHome #HomesForAll #RentControlNow 042
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026People across Massachusetts know what it means to live with the threat of a rent hike that could take everything. That's why they're joining us today at the State House. We can't wait for rent control. We need it now. Today, we demand change. 🙌🏾 #KeepMassHome #HomesForAll 020
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Today, tenants from across Massachusetts are heading to the State House. 🏠✊🏾 We've knocked on doors, gathered tens of thousands of signatures, and built something real. Now we're bringing it to the halls of power. Boston, we're coming. #KeepMassHome #HomesForAll #RentControlNow 020
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026🚨 We can slow this down — even stop it — by flooding HUD with comments. Every voice matters. Add yours today to #KeepFamiliesTogether & housed.➡️ bit.ly/KFTrttc #HomesForAllbit.lyTell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to withdraw it. 000
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026HUD is calling decades of housing precedent a 'loophole' — that's a lie. 😑 Mixed status families already receive less assistance & pay more rent. This rule punishes people for the crime of having a family. Tell HUD to withdraw it. 👉🏾 bit.ly/KFTrttc #HomesForAllbit.lyTell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to withdraw it. 053
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026This proposed HUD rule is cruel, costly & counterproductive. It would punish families & waste resources on red tape. Tell HUD to withdraw the rule & keep families together. bit.ly/KFTrttc #HomesForAllbit.lyTell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to withdraw it. 000
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026HUD's proposed rule doesn't just hurt families — it hurts the entire federal housing system. Unsubsidized residents pay MORE rent, supporting everyone else. Kick them out and costs go up for all. Cruel & counterproductive. Comment now: bit.ly/KFTrttc #HomesForAllbit.lyTell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to withdraw it. 011
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026🏠 Housing is a human right — for every family. Tell HUD to #KeepFamiliesTogether and stop this cruel, costly & counterproductive rule before it pushes hundreds of thousands of people toward homelessness. ➡️ bit.ly/KFTrttc #HomesForAllbit.lyTell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to withdraw it. 043
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026No family should have to choose between being together or being housed. That's not a policy tradeoff — it's cruelty. Join us in fighting back. #KeepFamiliesTogether➡️ bit.ly/KFTrttc #HomesForAllbit.lyTell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to withdraw it. 032
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 01/03/2026When our neighbors are stable, our whole community is stronger. HUD's proposed mixed status rule would rip that stability away from hundreds of thousands of families — while costing the system millions. Tell HUD NO. bit.ly/KFTrttc #HomesForAllbit.lyTell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to withdraw it. 000
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026HUD is proposing a new rule that would overturn decades of precedent & kick mixed immigration status families out of their housing. Tell HUD to withdraw this cruel, costly & counterproductive proposal today. bit.ly/KFTrttc #HomesForAllbit.lyTell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to withdraw it. 000
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly & counterproductive. It would rip families apart & increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join us & @aforhj in telling HUD to withdraw it: bit.ly/KFTrttc #HomesForAllbit.lyTell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to withdraw it. 022
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceNational Housing Law Project @nhlp.bsky.social · 23/02/2026No matter where we come from or how long we’ve lived here, we have the resources to ensure that everyone has a safe place to call home, including immigrant families and children. NHLP Exec. Director @shamusroller.bsky.social talked w/ @apnews.com’s Michael Casey about Trump’s newest housing threat: 023
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceAlliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 20/02/2026🚨 STATEMENT on HUD’s #MixedStatus Proposal: Cruel, Costly & Counterproductive The administration is trying to blame immigrants for Trump's failure to address the housing crisis 🔽 265
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Costly, Cruel & Counterproductive. HUD is proposing a new rule that would overturn decades of precedent and kick mixed immigration status families out of their housing. Tell HUD NO by making a comment today!! ⚡ bit.ly/KFTrttc ⚡ 031
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceAkilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 13/02/2026So @wsj.com says we can’t have houses cause of 🍗 and 🧃 but that’s simply not what’s happening here. New episode of How is This Better from @couriernewsroom.bsky.social youtu.be/umhnU4l5GC0?...youtu.beRotisserie Chicken Killed the Housing Market, ApparentlyYouTube video by How Is This Better? 0102
Reposted by Right to the City Alliancegainpower.bsky.social @gainpower.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Happy to share this open position with @ourcityrttc.bsky.social: they are recruiting a Senior Organizer of Resource Development. #NowHiring. open.substack.com/pub/jobsthat...open.substack.comRight to the City Alliance, Senior Organizer of Resource DevelopmentRemote 011
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceShelterforce @shelterforce.bsky.social · 19/11/20251/ Housing problems like inadequate heating, water damage, and pest infestations don't only affect your health. These issues also make the housing crisis worse. We're putting housing quality under the lens in our new series, Fit to Live in: Fixing Our Housing Stock. bit.ly/UTLhabitabil... 🧵 1174
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies. Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market. This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵 8141451531
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceIn These Times @inthesetimes.com · 01/12/2025More than 40% of Amazon workers get injured on the job, according to a 2023 report. The company says they are “industrial athletes.”inthesetimes.com“It Kind of Feels Like Prison”: Injured, Burned Out and Under Surveillance at AmazonMore than 40% of Amazon workers get injured on the job, according to a new report. The company says they are “industrial athletes.” 06025
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 01/12/202525% of buy-now, pay-later users are now relying on it to finance groceries. 11373118
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025In the face of a hostile legislature & stalled policies, #Miami tenants have stopped asking politicians for help & started building their own power—by turning corporate landlords’ financial records into weapons. Read more: bit.ly/MWCtenants #HomesForAll #RightToARoof 130
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025In California, disaster-triggered #renter protections are a crucial victory that contributes to a just recovery for working-class people facing the #climate crisis. 🌍 Read more: bit.ly/NBOPclimate #HomesForAll #StopEvictions #RightToARoof 020
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceShelterforce @shelterforce.bsky.social · 19/11/20255/ “The rent is too damn high and the quality [of housing] is way too low." Our first story examines the growing push for better housing conditions and landlord accountability. Where are these fights happening? Read the story: shelterforce.org/2025/11/18/w...shelterforce.orgWhy Habitability Is a Growing Rallying CryAcross the country, tenants and lawmakers are pushing for better standards around habitability: mold, cooling, and more. How did we get here? 152
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceShelterforce @shelterforce.bsky.social · 19/11/2025From Santa Cruz to New York City, local ballot measures are reshaping housing policy. Shelterforce explains how: bit.ly/3LHVUNK #HousingPolicy #Shelterforcebit.ly 011
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceShelterforce @shelterforce.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Local governments are stepping up on housing as federal funds fall short. Here’s what voters approved this year: bit.ly/3LHVUNK #AffordableHousing #HousingJusticebit.ly 031
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceCity Life/Vida Urbana @citylifevidaurbana.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Imagine living somewhere for 50 yrs just for big real estate corps to start buying out your neighborhood ❌? Annie Gordon and many other working class tenants are fighting to stay in their homes 📣. Join Annie, testify for Rent Stabilization Bill. Email legislators to ACT NOW 🚨 031
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast. This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike. 271551468
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceÁine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 21/11/2025"[27%] of #renters are severely burdened, spending more than 50% of their income on #housing. As #rents have grown, the amount families have left after paying for housing and #utilities has fallen to record lows." www.latimes.com/business/sto... #Congress #RentControllatimes.comFast food is losing its low-income customers. Economists call it a symptom of the stark wealth divideThese customers are feeling the pressures of higher prices on groceries and apparel and the growing costs of rent and child care, the company's chief executive said in a recent earnings call. 064
Reposted by Right to the City AlliancePhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 21/11/2025Federal housing programs directly subsidize at least 34,350 rental units. The city is at risk of losing more than one in five of these affordable housing units between 2026 and 2036.inquirer.comPhiladelphia is at risk of losing more than 7,500 subsidized rental homes during the next decade, report saysFederal housing programs directly subsidize at least 34,350 rental units. The city is at risk of losing more than one in five of these affordable housing units between 2026 and 2036. 0137
Reposted by Right to the City Allianceacdc25.bsky.social @acdc25.bsky.social · 21/11/2025The Emergency Rental Assistance Program, intended to give limited aid to people who could face eviction due to unexpected challenges in their lives, sustained large budget cuts this year www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...washingtonpost.comHundreds of struggling renters in nation’s capital line up to ask for helpMany had lost jobs and fallen behind on rent. But D.C.’s emergency rental aid program is limited after major budget cuts. 011
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025#Housing organizers have identified our most vital source of resilience as #climate disasters intensify: the trust between neighbors, which we are forging into a powerful force for collective survival & justice. Read more: bit.ly/housingclimate 000
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent. The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision. Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.abqjournal.comWith new ordinance, Santa Fe becomes first city to tie minimum wage to rental costsSANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates 151300401
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceShelterforce @shelterforce.bsky.social · 20/11/2025"While the housing application system in New York doesn’t explicitly exclude Chinese-speaking seniors, it silently expects them to adapt to structures that were never designed with them in mind." Read more: bit.ly/48kgLOP #HousingEquity #Aging #ImmigrantRightsbit.lyFour Ways to Address the Housing Challenges Older Chinese Immigrants FaceFor seniors with limited English and tech proficiency, navigating New York's affordable housing system is a challenge. 021
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceEviction Lab @evictionlab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025“I am doing all I can. I just need more time.” Via: @gothamist.com gothamist.com/news/majorit... #housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+gothamist.comMajority of formerly homeless families in Far Rockaway building sent to eviction courtRelated Companies and WIN operate a supportive housing unit in Far Rockaway, where 43 tenants faced eviction proceedings and four were evicted or left. 022
Right to the City Alliance @ourcityrttc.bsky.social · 18/11/2025The same public subsidies that fund Memphis’s slumlords now bankroll Elon Musk’s pollution, revealing a single, profitable system that organizers are challenging by uniting the struggles for #housing & #ClimateJustice. 🏡🌍✊🏾 Read more: bit.ly/MTUsolidarity #HomesForAll 000
Reposted by Right to the City AllianceMother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/11/2025New report indicates a growing public resistance to data centers [via @wired.com]motherjones.comNew report indicates a growing public resistance to data centersThe facilities suck up land, water, and power—driving up prices for all—and many locals are fed up. 930779