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Join us in the fight for Renter’s Rights across Portland, Multnomah County and Oregon! Tenant organizers primarily associated with @PortlandDSA

Website: https://pdxrenterpower.com

Find our next DSA Housing meeting: https://portlanddsa.org/events/
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YOU'RE INVITED to join us Saturday for a renters meet up in the Reed neighborhood!

Connect with neighbors, discover how to fight for the strongest renter protections Portland has ever seen, learn about tenant unions, and build Renter Power!

RSVP for details!
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YOU'RE INVITED Join your neighborhood meet up for ... RENTERS' THE BILL OF RIGHTS Gather with neighbors to fight for the strongest renter protections Portland has ever seen, learn about tenant unions, & build Renter Power! Scan to RSVP ATIC SOCIALISTS OF OF AMERICA Saturday, December 6, 2025 11:00am - 1:00pm Trinity United Methodist Church DEMOCRATIC 3915 SE Steele St, Portland, OR 97202 PORTLAND, OREGON Accessible via TriMet Bus lines 10 & 75 pdxrenterpower.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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On Wednesday, City Council passed a ban on algorithmic rent-setting software used by corporate landlords to collude on rent prices.

Thank you @councilormorillo.bsky.social @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilortkl.bsky.social for your commitment to making our city affordable for everyone!
VICTORY! BAN ON LANDLORDS' RENT PRICE RIPOFF SOFTWARE PASSED Democratic Socialists of America PORTLAND, OREGON
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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This week, City Council will vote to pass a ban on algorithmic (AI) software that landlords use to inflate rent prices.

@portlanddsa.bsky.social along with renters and allies will hold a rally at Portland City Hall in support of the ban.

RSVP for more details. actionnetwork.org/events/ai-re...
RALLY AGAINST LANDLORDS' RENT PRICE RIPOFF SOFTWARE 5 P.M. NOV. 19, 2025 PORTLAND CITY HALL Democratic Socialists of America PORTLAND, OREGON
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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We cannot achieve housing justice alone. We can only push back against the landlord class if renters stand in solidarity.

Join us as we canvass renters in D1 to invite the community to the East Portland Renters’ Town Hall.

RSVP today at portlanddsa.org/events

#housingforall #rentersbillofrights
WE WANT YOU END EVICTIONS SAVE LIVES RENTERS BILL OF RIGHTS NOW! TO BUILD RENTER POWER! PDXRENTERPOWER.COM PORTLANDDSA.ORG AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL! CANVASS WITH US TO PROMOTE THE RENTERS' TOWN HALL IN EAST PORTLAND SEPTEMBER 6TH 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM SEPTEMBER 13TH 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PORTLANDDSA.ORG/EVENTS
September 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Join us for the third Renters' Town Hall in East Portland to support the Renters' Bill of Rights! Be part of the growing movement of Portlanders fighting back against the landlord class! RSVP Today!

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Come to the Third Renters’ Town Hall & Get Together for You’re Invited! THE RENTERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS Five new City Councilors endorsed the Renters’ Bill of Rights while running for office. Let’s decide how we push to make these reforms a reality for the whole City of Portland. Light refreshments provided. Meet other renters, talk about our issues, enjoy a social afternoon & help build Renter Power! Portland Community College Southeast 2305 SE 82nd Ave Portland, OR 97216 Saturday, Sept 20, 2025 2:00- 4:00pm Transit: FX2, 72, Max Green Line
August 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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At Sunday Parkways today, letting East Portland know about the Renters’ Bill of Rights!

And handing out free pup cups to all the good doggies!

#dsa #rentersrights #tenantsrights #portland #pdx @portlanddsa.bsky.social
Members of the Portland DSA housing working group and Ecosocialists standing outside under a tent behind a table Large dog licking whipped cream out of a cup
July 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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🙄 Of course the landlords are complaining. God forbid they do their f*cking jobs and take care of their tenants.

#tenantsrights #rentersrightsbill #climatemergency #climatecrisis #abolishrent #tenantunion
AC requirement may hit rentals in Portland Published: Jul. 17, 2025, 5:00 a.m. Portland is contemplating a new policy to protect residents from potentially deadly heat by adding air conditioning requirements for rental apartments and homes. The Permitting and Development bureau is exploring a code amendment to create a maximum indoor temperature standard for rental units, requiring landlords to install ACs or heat pumps in each one. The proposal is still in the early planning stages and comes after a multi-year collaboration among city bureaus, community groups and experts working to identify climate and health standards to make rental housing more livable during extreme weather. Thousands of Portlanders who bake in their rental homes during summer heat waves will no doubt welcome the plan - but it likely will face stiff opposition from groups representing property owners who cite the expense and possible investment chill in Portland housing development. Portland is under a heat advisory this week and experiencing soaring temperatures. It reached a high of 97 degrees at Portland International Airport on Wednesday. The city has experienced more hot days and heat-related deaths in recent years than ever before. The 2021 five-day heat dome set a record high of 116 degrees and killed 69 people in Multnomah County alone. Another 14 people died in the county in the past three years due to excessive "We are in a climate crisis, and setting a maximum indoor temperature standard for rental units can help ensure that populations more likely to be renters in Portland, such as communities of color or those with lower incomes, are prioritized in our climate actions," interim Portland Permitting & Development Director David Kuhnhausen told The Oregonian / OregonLive. After the heat dome, county public health officials found that those who died were predominantly 65 or older, lived alone and lacked air conditioning. They were mostly residents of multi-family housing, including public housing, owners of manufactured homes, as well as homeless people.
July 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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On Saturday we joined our comrades in Salem at their first Renters’ Town Hall.

@portlanddsa.bsky.social Housing Working Group Co-Chair Lela S. and organizer Mike E. answered question and discussed how their chapter can work towards a Renters’ Bill of Rights in Salem.

#dsa #housingjustice
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July 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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We invited Councilor Ryan to the Renters’ Town Hall early this month. We still have not heard back from his office. I guess Ryan doesn’t want to hear from renters in his district? 🤷

#orpol #portland #pdx #renterstownhall #rentersrights @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilordanryan.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Join us for the District 2 Renters’ Town Hall and be part of the growing movement for a Portland where all renters are treated with dignity.

RSVP TODAY! 🔗

#portland #orpol #renters #pdx #tenatsrights
You’re Invited! Come to the second Renters’ Town Hall & Get Together for The Renters’ Bill of Rights. Five new City Councilors endorsed the Renters’ Bill of Rights while running for office. Let's decide how we push to make these reforms a reality for the whole City of Portland.
May 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Great turnout at City Hall tonight to demand Portland ban AI Rent Price fixing!! Testimony on agenda item #9 coming soon!
April 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Join us Wednesday, April 16 at 5:15 PM outside Portland City Hall as we rally to support @councilormorillo.bsky.social ordinance to ban AI-driven rent price-fixing.

💙 Wear blue
🪧 Bring a sign
📣 Raise your voice

Let’s pack the council chambers at 6:00 PM to show support for the ordinance.
RALLY FOR RENTERS' RIGHTS TO SUPPORT THE AI RENT PRICE-FIXING BAN WED APRIL 16 AT 5:15 PM PORTLAND CITY HALL WHAT YOU GAN DO! WEAR BLUE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT MAKE SIGNS ATTEND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 6:00 PM
April 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Some damning slides on the harm being done
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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The Social Housing study passes and moves forward to the full Council!!
March 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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@councilorgreen.bsky.social laying out the plan he is proposing with @counciloravalos.bsky.social for Social Housing in Portland.
March 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Can’t wait for tomorrow!! Join us to advocate for Renters at the Holgate Library at 11:30am.
February 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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We had an extremely bad-ass canvass crew go this morning to invite tenants to the Renters Town Hall.

Join us next weekend! Come learn about the Renters’ Bill of Rights and share your stories with city councilors.

📅 Saturday, Feb 22nd
⏰ 11:30am - 12:30pm
📍Holgate Library
🚍Bus Line 17
Group of young men, women, and nonbinary friends, smiling and preparing to canvass renters.
February 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Good reminder that one of our demands is for eviction protection surrounding weather events like ice and snow storms that wreck havoc on working class people who cannot make it to work or have other unexpected emergencies arise from a storm.
February 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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We had a great canvass on Saturday inviting folks to our Renters’ Town Hall on Feb 22.

We had 7 new to us canvassers, most had never gone door to door. Over 200 invites were distributed, and almost 20 new folks signed the Renters’ Bill of Rights.

#portland #pdx #rentersrights #orpol
A group of young adults standing outside a coffee shop, preparing to canvass apartments.
February 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM