The White House Must Act Now
To Ensure Tenants' Rights

The Biden Administration, following the leadership of people who have been impacted by decades of failed or lacking housing policy, must take swift action to enshrine federal protections for tenants.

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Rewire. May 5, 2021. Housing Insecurity Is a Health Crisis. The Pandemic Has Made It Worse. Raymond Williams.

American Progress. April 14, 2021. Preventing and Removing Barriers to Housing Security for People with Criminal Convictions. Jaboa Lake.

CBS News. January 22, 2021. $25 Billion in Federal Rent Aid Covers Less Than Half of What Tenants Owe. Irina Ivanova.

Truthout. December 20, 2020. Activists Are Mobilizing to Create and Eviction-Free United States. Eleanor J. Bader.

Democracy Now. December 18, 2020. Evictions Are Violence: Millions Could Lose Homes Amid COVID Pandemic if Federal Moratorium Expires. Amy Goodman.

The Progressive. December 18, 2020. Homes Guarantee Campaign Demands Housing for All. Eleanor J. Bader.

In These Times. December 10, 2020. What Biden’s Housing Pick Says About How He’ll Approach the Crisis. Maurice BP-Weeks, Jeremie Greer, and Tara Raghuveer.

Bloomberg. December 8, 2020. Should Biden Go Big on Public Housing? Kriston Capps.

New York Times. October 13, 2020. The Tenants Who Evicted Their Landlord. Matthew Desmond.

CBS News. September 6, 2020. Income inequality, and coronavirus’ economic fallout. Jill Schlesinger, Alan Golds.

The Nation. September 2, 2020. For Tara Raghuveer, Every Eviction is an Act of Violence. Nawal Arjini.

The Appeal. September 2, 2020. President Trump’s Eviction Moratorium Falls Short of Calls for Rent and Mortgage Cancellation. Tara Raghuveer.

New York Times. May 1, 2020. #CancelRent Is New Rallying Cry for Tenants. Landlords Are Alarmed. Matthew Haag.

Curbed. March 9, 2020. Protesters interrupt Biden rally over housing issues. Patrick Sisson.

Curbed. December 13, 2019. Senators propose Eviction Crisis Act to help at-risk tenants. Patrick Sisson.

The City. December 12, 2019. Democratic Socialists Look to Bronx US House Race for Next Victory. Ese Olumhense.

Norwood News. December 9, 2019. Samelys Lopez Gets Endorsement From NYC Democratic Socialists of America. David Cruz.

NextCity. December 5, 2019. Ilhan Omar’s Trillion-Dollar Housing Plan Is Another Notch in Housing Organizers’ Belts. Jared Brey.

Southside Pride. December 2, 2019. Neoliberal vs. socialist politics in the Minneapolis housing market. Elina Kolstad.

San Francisco Examiner. December 1, 2019. Legalize public housing. Sasha Perigo.

Nevada Current. November 25, 2019. You wouldn’t know it from debates, but candidates have housing plans. Michael Lyle.

Jacobin. November 22, 2019. Ilhan Omar Is the Fighter the Tenants’ Movement Needs. Megan Day.

VICE. November 21, 2019. Here’s What’s in Ilhan Omar’s Plan to Make Sure Everyone Has a Home. Emma Ockerman.

NextCity. November 21, 2019. Green New Deal Proposal Would Enshrine a Right to Housing in Law. Jared Brey.

The New Yorker. November 20, 2019. The Plight of the Urban Planner. Nikil Saval.

Gizmodo. November 14, 2019. AOC and Bernie’s Green New Deal Aims to Change Our Relationship With Public Housing. Brian Kahn.

Mother Jones. November 15, 2019. Bernie Sanders and AOC Want to Commit $180 Billion to Turn Public Housing Green. Kriston Capps.

The Nation. November 12, 2019. This Housing Policy Proposal Is Radically Inclusive. Greg Kauffman.

City & State New York. November 10, 2019. The House challengers everybody’s going to be talking about. Jeff Coltin.

Boston University News Service. November 4, 2019. Bernie Sanders talks drug costs, addiction with rural New Hampshire residents.

The Next System. November 1, 2019. The homes guarantee: A promise of housing for people, not profit. Adam Simpson.

Philadelphia Magazine. October 31, 2019. I’m a Democratic Ward Leader. Here’s Why I’m Voting for Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O’Rourke. Nikil Saval.

TruthDig. October 22, 2019. The Radical Vision of a ‘Homes Guarantee’ for All. Celisa Calacal.

Data for Progress. October 20, 2019. The Green Homes Guarantee is Popular. Daniel Aldana Cohen, Sean McElwee, Tara Raghuveer.

Curbed New York. October 16, 2019. NYC tenant advocates push for even greater renter protections with new campaign. Valeria Ricciulli.

QNS.com. October 11, 2019. Op-Ed: The solution to the homeless shelter controversy is housing and working together to demand it. Tousif Ahsan.

Concord Monitor. October 8, 2019. My Turn: For our survival, we need a new social contract. James Haslam.

CityLimits. October 7, 2019. Opinion: Anti-Shelter Scare Tactics Undercut Councilmember’s Words of Compassion. Raquel Namuche.

NextCity. October 3, 2019. Housing Movement Demands Find Some Recognition in Congress. Jared Brey.

The Guardian. October 1, 2019. A successful climate plan must also tackle the housing crisis. Daniel Aldana Cohen.

The Nation. September 25, 2019. The 2020 Campaign Event Where ‘Everyday Iowans’ Asked the Questions. Spencer Green.

The Nation. September 23, 2019. 2020’s Most In-Depth, People-Powered Forum Just Happened in Iowa. John Nichols.

The Guardian. September 22, 2019. Ilhan Omar: Biden not right candidate for ‘progress we all want to see’. Oliver Laughland.

Des Moines Register. September 21, 2019. A warm reception for liberal presidential candidates, lion’s den for moderates at CCI forum in Iowa. Robin Opsahl and Nick Coltrain.

NextCity. September 20, 2019. Housing in Brief:  Sanders’ $2.5-Trillion Housing Platform Calls For National Rent Control and More.

Curbed. September 18, 2019. Bernie Sanders says ‘housing must be a right’ with $2.5 trillion plan. Patrick Sisson.

Forbes. September 18, 2019. Sanders Calls for a National Right to Housing. Mark Paul.

Common Dreams. September 18, 2019. Day After Trump Denigrates Homeless, Sanders Unveils $2.5 Trillion #HousingForAll Plan to Address Crisis. Jessica Corbett.

The Real Deal. September 18, 2019. Bernie Sanders unveils details of $2.5T housing plan: “We need a homes guarantee”. Georgia Kromrei.

Data for Progress. September 18, 2019. A Green Homes Guarantee Is Popular. Daniel Aldana Cohen.

Curbed. September 16, 2019. How the Homes Guarantee proposal could make housing a right. Patrick Sisson.

In These Times. September 12, 2019. Here’s the Radical Housing Plan That All 2020 Candidates Should Embrace. Miles Kampf-Lassin.

Next City. September 12, 2019. Solve the Housing Crisis by Guaranteeing Homes for All, New Campaign Demands. Jared Brey.

Jacobin. September 5, 2019. What a Bernie Sanders Agenda on Affordable Housing Should Look Like. Peter Gowan.

Fast Company. September 6, 2019. This radical plan would see the U.S. build 12 million new units of social housing. Jessica Klein.

Curbed. September 12, 2019. Candidates, it’s time to talk about housing. Alissa Walker.

Inequality.org. September 16, 2019. We Need a Homes Guarantee. Now. Linda Armitage.

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Curbed. December 13, 2019. Senators propose Eviction Crisis Act to help at-risk tenants. Patrick Sisson.

The City. December 12, 2019. Democratic Socialists Look to Bronx US House Race for Next Victory. Ese Olumhense.

Norwood News. December 9, 2019. Samelys Lopez Gets Endorsement From NYC Democratic Socialists of America. David Cruz.

NextCity. December 5, 2019. Ilhan Omar’s Trillion-Dollar Housing Plan Is Another Notch in Housing Organizers’ Belts. Jared Brey.

Southside Pride. December 2, 2019. Neoliberal vs. socialist politics in the Minneapolis housing market. Elina Kolstad.

San Francisco Examiner. December 1, 2019. Legalize public housing. Sasha Perigo.

Nevada Current. November 25, 2019. You wouldn’t know it from debates, but candidates have housing plans. Michael Lyle.

Jacobin. November 22, 2019. Ilhan Omar Is the Fighter the Tenants’ Movement Needs. Megan Day.

VICE. November 21, 2019. Here’s What’s in Ilhan Omar’s Plan to Make Sure Everyone Has a Home. Emma Ockerman.

NextCity. November 21, 2019. Green New Deal Proposal Would Enshrine a Right to Housing in Law. Jared Brey.

The New Yorker. November 20, 2019. The Plight of the Urban Planner. Nikil Saval.

Gizmodo. November 14, 2019. AOC and Bernie’s Green New Deal Aims to Change Our Relationship With Public Housing. Brian Kahn.

Mother Jones. November 15, 2019. Bernie Sanders and AOC Want to Commit $180 Billion to Turn Public Housing Green. Kriston Capps.

The Nation. November 12, 2019. This Housing Policy Proposal Is Radically Inclusive. Greg Kauffman.

City & State New York. November 10, 2019. The House challengers everybody’s going to be talking about. Jeff Coltin.

Boston University News Service. November 4, 2019. Bernie Sanders talks drug costs, addiction with rural New Hampshire residents.

The Next System. November 1, 2019. The homes guarantee: A promise of housing for people, not profit. Adam Simpson.

Philadelphia Magazine. October 31, 2019. I’m a Democratic Ward Leader. Here’s Why I’m Voting for Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O’Rourke. Nikil Saval.

TruthDig. October 22, 2019. The Radical Vision of a ‘Homes Guarantee’ for All. Celisa Calacal.

Data for Progress. October 20, 2019. The Green Homes Guarantee is Popular. Daniel Aldana Cohen, Sean McElwee, Tara Raghuveer.

Curbed New York. October 16, 2019. NYC tenant advocates push for even greater renter protections with new campaign. Valeria Ricciulli.

QNS.com. October 11, 2019. Op-Ed: The solution to the homeless shelter controversy is housing and working together to demand it. Tousif Ahsan.

Concord Monitor. October 8, 2019. My Turn: For our survival, we need a new social contract. James Haslam.

CityLimits. October 7, 2019. Opinion: Anti-Shelter Scare Tactics Undercut Councilmember’s Words of Compassion. Raquel Namuche.

NextCity. October 3, 2019. Housing Movement Demands Find Some Recognition in Congress. Jared Brey.

The Guardian. October 1, 2019. A successful climate plan must also tackle the housing crisis. Daniel Aldana Cohen.

The Nation. September 25, 2019. The 2020 Campaign Event Where ‘Everyday Iowans’ Asked the Questions. Spencer Green.

The Nation. September 23, 2019. 2020’s Most In-Depth, People-Powered Forum Just Happened in Iowa. John Nichols.

The Guardian. September 22, 2019. Ilhan Omar: Biden not right candidate for ‘progress we all want to see’. Oliver Laughland.

Des Moines Register. September 21, 2019. A warm reception for liberal presidential candidates, lion’s den for moderates at CCI forum in Iowa. Robin Opsahl and Nick Coltrain.

NextCity. September 20, 2019. Housing in Brief:  Sanders’ $2.5-Trillion Housing Platform Calls For National Rent Control and More.

Curbed. September 18, 2019. Bernie Sanders says ‘housing must be a right’ with $2.5 trillion plan. Patrick Sisson.

Forbes. September 18, 2019. Sanders Calls for a National Right to Housing. Mark Paul.

Common Dreams. September 18, 2019. Day After Trump Denigrates Homeless, Sanders Unveils $2.5 Trillion #HousingForAll Plan to Address Crisis. Jessica Corbett.

The Real Deal. September 18, 2019. Bernie Sanders unveils details of $2.5T housing plan: “We need a homes guarantee”. Georgia Kromrei.

Data for Progress. September 18, 2019. A Green Homes Guarantee Is Popular. Daniel Aldana Cohen.

Curbed. September 16, 2019. How the Homes Guarantee proposal could make housing a right. Patrick Sisson.

In These Times. September 12, 2019. Here’s the Radical Housing Plan That All 2020 Candidates Should Embrace. Miles Kampf-Lassin.

Next City. September 12, 2019. Solve the Housing Crisis by Guaranteeing Homes for All, New Campaign Demands. Jared Brey.

Jacobin. September 5, 2019. What a Bernie Sanders Agenda on Affordable Housing Should Look Like. Peter Gowan.

Fast Company. September 6, 2019. This radical plan would see the U.S. build 12 million new units of social housing. Jessica Klein.

Curbed. September 12, 2019. Candidates, it’s time to talk about housing. Alissa Walker.

Inequality.org. September 16, 2019. We Need a Homes Guarantee. Now. Linda Armitage.

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THE WHITE HOUSE MUST ACT NOW TO ENSURE TENANTS' RIGHTS

The Biden Administration, following the leadership of people who have been impacted by decades of failed or lacking housing policy, must take swift action to enshrine federal protections for tenants.