Portland Tenants United
@pdxtu.bsky.social
PDX metro area tenants union, organizing tenants for housing security and dignity. Together we can control the rent.
https://atun-rsia.org/tenant-unions
https://atun-rsia.org/tenant-unions
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everyone should get a public defender at eviction court and i'm not kidding
A 68-year-old veteran with disabilities got an eviction notice last week for unpaid rent he didn't know he owed. With swift intervention from a tenant union and a city councilor, the eviction case was dismissed. Tenant rights advocates say the case underscores a larger, systemic problem.
Eviction of Disabled Veteran Halted After Intervention From Neighbors and a City Councilor
A veteran with disabilities who faced eviction will stay in his apartment, after intervention from a tenant union and a Portland city councilor. Last Friday, Dan McLean, 68, got an eviction notice at ...
www.portlandmercury.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
everyone should get a public defender at eviction court and i'm not kidding
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A 68-year-old veteran with disabilities got an eviction notice last week for unpaid rent he didn't know he owed. With swift intervention from a tenant union and a city councilor, the eviction case was dismissed. Tenant rights advocates say the case underscores a larger, systemic problem.
Eviction of Disabled Veteran Halted After Intervention From Neighbors and a City Councilor
A veteran with disabilities who faced eviction will stay in his apartment, after intervention from a tenant union and a Portland city councilor. Last Friday, Dan McLean, 68, got an eviction notice at ...
www.portlandmercury.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A 68-year-old veteran with disabilities got an eviction notice last week for unpaid rent he didn't know he owed. With swift intervention from a tenant union and a city councilor, the eviction case was dismissed. Tenant rights advocates say the case underscores a larger, systemic problem.
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Thank you to @councilorgreen.bsky.social and your incredible team for saving this constituent from being evicted. I watched you hustle behind the scenes to take regular constituent work and go above and beyond to use the power of your office to make a difference in this person’s life.
A 68-year-old veteran with disabilities got an eviction notice last week for unpaid rent he didn't know he owed. With swift intervention from a tenant union and a city councilor, the eviction case was dismissed. Tenant rights advocates say the case underscores a larger, systemic problem.
Eviction of Disabled Veteran Halted After Intervention From Neighbors and a City Councilor
A veteran with disabilities who faced eviction will stay in his apartment, after intervention from a tenant union and a Portland city councilor. Last Friday, Dan McLean, 68, got an eviction notice at ...
www.portlandmercury.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Thank you to @councilorgreen.bsky.social and your incredible team for saving this constituent from being evicted. I watched you hustle behind the scenes to take regular constituent work and go above and beyond to use the power of your office to make a difference in this person’s life.
Check out this story about PTU, @portlanddsa.bsky.social, and @councilorgreen.bsky.social speaking out for a @homeforward.bsky.social tenant who was nearly evicted. Quick collective action helped keep him housed.
Leeor lays out some of PTU's demands for @homeforward.bsky.social.
Leeor lays out some of PTU's demands for @homeforward.bsky.social.
Tenant advocates rally over near eviction of veteran from low income housing
Tenant advocates rallied over the near eviction of a veteran from low-income housing.
katu.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Check out this story about PTU, @portlanddsa.bsky.social, and @councilorgreen.bsky.social speaking out for a @homeforward.bsky.social tenant who was nearly evicted. Quick collective action helped keep him housed.
Leeor lays out some of PTU's demands for @homeforward.bsky.social.
Leeor lays out some of PTU's demands for @homeforward.bsky.social.
Join leaders from @portlanddsa.bsky.social and PTU along with @councilorgreen.bsky.social at a press conference to defend a 68-year-old disabled veteran, nearly evicted due to landlord negligence.
Tomorrow, Thursday, 9/4 at 10:30 AM at the Yards, 815 NW Naito Pkwy. Come demand housing justice.
Tomorrow, Thursday, 9/4 at 10:30 AM at the Yards, 815 NW Naito Pkwy. Come demand housing justice.
September 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Join leaders from @portlanddsa.bsky.social and PTU along with @councilorgreen.bsky.social at a press conference to defend a 68-year-old disabled veteran, nearly evicted due to landlord negligence.
Tomorrow, Thursday, 9/4 at 10:30 AM at the Yards, 815 NW Naito Pkwy. Come demand housing justice.
Tomorrow, Thursday, 9/4 at 10:30 AM at the Yards, 815 NW Naito Pkwy. Come demand housing justice.
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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
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
September 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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
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
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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!
actionnetwork.org/events/east-...
actionnetwork.org/events/east-...
August 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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!
actionnetwork.org/events/east-...
actionnetwork.org/events/east-...
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Well that blew up! Don’t have a SoundCloud or anything but you should talk to your co-workers about Unionizing &then get @organizeworkers.bsky.social involved. Talk to folks in your apartments about tenants Unions like @pdxtu.bsky.social &get plugged in w mutual aid group feeding unhoused neighbors
July 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Well that blew up! Don’t have a SoundCloud or anything but you should talk to your co-workers about Unionizing &then get @organizeworkers.bsky.social involved. Talk to folks in your apartments about tenants Unions like @pdxtu.bsky.social &get plugged in w mutual aid group feeding unhoused neighbors
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📣 REMINDER: The Renters’ Town Hall is TOMORROW!
🗓 Sunday, June 1
🕑 2–4 PM
📍 Leaven Community Center (5431 NE 20th Ave)
Come hear from fellow renters, share your story, and build power together. Let’s show up strong 💪 #PortlandRenters #RentersRights #TenantPower
🗓 Sunday, June 1
🕑 2–4 PM
📍 Leaven Community Center (5431 NE 20th Ave)
Come hear from fellow renters, share your story, and build power together. Let’s show up strong 💪 #PortlandRenters #RentersRights #TenantPower
June 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
📣 REMINDER: The Renters’ Town Hall is TOMORROW!
🗓 Sunday, June 1
🕑 2–4 PM
📍 Leaven Community Center (5431 NE 20th Ave)
Come hear from fellow renters, share your story, and build power together. Let’s show up strong 💪 #PortlandRenters #RentersRights #TenantPower
🗓 Sunday, June 1
🕑 2–4 PM
📍 Leaven Community Center (5431 NE 20th Ave)
Come hear from fellow renters, share your story, and build power together. Let’s show up strong 💪 #PortlandRenters #RentersRights #TenantPower
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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
#orpol #portland #pdx #renterstownhall #rentersrights @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilordanryan.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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
#orpol #portland #pdx #renterstownhall #rentersrights @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilordanryan.bsky.social
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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
RSVP TODAY! 🔗
#portland #orpol #renters #pdx #tenatsrights
May 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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
RSVP TODAY! 🔗
#portland #orpol #renters #pdx #tenatsrights
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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.
💙 Wear blue
🪧 Bring a sign
📣 Raise your voice
Let’s pack the council chambers at 6:00 PM to show support for the ordinance.
April 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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.
💙 Wear blue
🪧 Bring a sign
📣 Raise your voice
Let’s pack the council chambers at 6:00 PM to show support for the ordinance.
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Interested in starting a new tenant organization in your neighborhood or city?
Organizers from @vancouvertenants.bsky.social, Puget Sound Tenants Union, and @latenantsunion.bsky.social will present & lead a discussion.
Sunday April 13, 4:30 / 7:30
Register at bit.ly/ATUN-april13
Organizers from @vancouvertenants.bsky.social, Puget Sound Tenants Union, and @latenantsunion.bsky.social will present & lead a discussion.
Sunday April 13, 4:30 / 7:30
Register at bit.ly/ATUN-april13
April 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Interested in starting a new tenant organization in your neighborhood or city?
Organizers from @vancouvertenants.bsky.social, Puget Sound Tenants Union, and @latenantsunion.bsky.social will present & lead a discussion.
Sunday April 13, 4:30 / 7:30
Register at bit.ly/ATUN-april13
Organizers from @vancouvertenants.bsky.social, Puget Sound Tenants Union, and @latenantsunion.bsky.social will present & lead a discussion.
Sunday April 13, 4:30 / 7:30
Register at bit.ly/ATUN-april13
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Why social housing and why now? We need to provide housing as a public good, and for Portland this means we can better respond to the housing crisis and the rigid and underfunded situation that exists today. The scale of the problem is too great for us to rely on passive, market-based solutions.
March 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Why social housing and why now? We need to provide housing as a public good, and for Portland this means we can better respond to the housing crisis and the rigid and underfunded situation that exists today. The scale of the problem is too great for us to rely on passive, market-based solutions.
Tenants TAKE ACTION. This Wednesday, April 2nd, the city council needs to hear from you as they get ready to take action on the rent price fixing ordinance and social housing. Send a letter to city council at pdxtu.us/pricefixing and see other ways to take action at www.pdxtu.org/portland_alg....
April 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Tenants TAKE ACTION. This Wednesday, April 2nd, the city council needs to hear from you as they get ready to take action on the rent price fixing ordinance and social housing. Send a letter to city council at pdxtu.us/pricefixing and see other ways to take action at www.pdxtu.org/portland_alg....
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This week we secured a major step forward for renters — My ordinance banning algorithmic rent price fixing passed out of the Homelessness and Housing Committee!
Now it’s moving to the full City Council for a first hearing on the morning of Wednesday, April 2nd.
‼️ We need your help ‼️
Now it’s moving to the full City Council for a first hearing on the morning of Wednesday, April 2nd.
‼️ We need your help ‼️
March 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This week we secured a major step forward for renters — My ordinance banning algorithmic rent price fixing passed out of the Homelessness and Housing Committee!
Now it’s moving to the full City Council for a first hearing on the morning of Wednesday, April 2nd.
‼️ We need your help ‼️
Now it’s moving to the full City Council for a first hearing on the morning of Wednesday, April 2nd.
‼️ We need your help ‼️
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Congratulations @councilormorillo.bsky.social for a successful committee vote on your bill to ban algorithmic price fixing software in the rental housing market. Here are my remarks, edited to fit the 3min time limit on bluesky. Watch the full hearing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WKq...
March 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Congratulations @councilormorillo.bsky.social for a successful committee vote on your bill to ban algorithmic price fixing software in the rental housing market. Here are my remarks, edited to fit the 3min time limit on bluesky. Watch the full hearing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WKq...
Both the Algorithmic Pricing Ban and the Social Housing Study passed the Homelessness and Housing Committee to the full council today. The next step is going to be getting them passed in the full city council meetings. 💪
March 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Both the Algorithmic Pricing Ban and the Social Housing Study passed the Homelessness and Housing Committee to the full council today. The next step is going to be getting them passed in the full city council meetings. 💪
“It's hard to get into the heads of property management companies that neglect tenants and buildings creating lots of problems and misery. It requires such a high level of either greed or incompetence that makes speculation hard."
-Leeor Schweitzer, on the PTU Organizing Committee
-Leeor Schweitzer, on the PTU Organizing Committee
Bed bugs. Mold. Overflowing garbage. They're just a few of the issues that highlight potential systemic problems in Portland’s affordable and transitional housing landscape, where low-income tenants often find themselves with few options and little recourse. www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/03...
Cash-Strapped Tenants Say Landlords Flout Housing Rules at Low-Rent Apartments
Property management companies are facing scrutiny over living conditions at several affordable housing sites in Portland, as tenant groups have begun to push back. The tenants union at Wimbledon Squar...
www.portlandmercury.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“It's hard to get into the heads of property management companies that neglect tenants and buildings creating lots of problems and misery. It requires such a high level of either greed or incompetence that makes speculation hard."
-Leeor Schweitzer, on the PTU Organizing Committee
-Leeor Schweitzer, on the PTU Organizing Committee
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Me & my team have been working around the clock to bring the first ordinance before the new City Council that will ban price fixing algorithms in rent setting. As 1 of 2 renters on City Council and the only renter on the Housing Committee, I want to center these issues
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
City Council’s First Policy Ordinance Could Ban Use of AI Software to Set Rents
www.wweek.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Me & my team have been working around the clock to bring the first ordinance before the new City Council that will ban price fixing algorithms in rent setting. As 1 of 2 renters on City Council and the only renter on the Housing Committee, I want to center these issues
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
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🚨 Tomorrow, in the Homelessness & Housing Committee, I’m leading the charge on a resolution to study social housing in Portland. As chair of the committee and co-sponsor of this bill (alongside @councilorgreen.bsky.social), I’m fighting for real housing solutions. 🏠
Why does this matter? A thread 🧵⬇️
Why does this matter? A thread 🧵⬇️
March 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
🚨 Tomorrow, in the Homelessness & Housing Committee, I’m leading the charge on a resolution to study social housing in Portland. As chair of the committee and co-sponsor of this bill (alongside @councilorgreen.bsky.social), I’m fighting for real housing solutions. 🏠
Why does this matter? A thread 🧵⬇️
Why does this matter? A thread 🧵⬇️
Tomorrow (3/25) is a great day to show up at city hall for the Homelessness and Housing Committee meeting from noon to 2 PM in support of @councilormorillo.bsky.social's ordinance to ban AI price fixing. More ways to help at www.pdxtu.org/portland_alg...
Portland City Council - Algorithmic Rental Price Fixing Ban
The mission of Portland Tenants United is to empower and organize tenants through direct action to challenge oppressive housing policies and practices and to demand housing stability, security, and di...
www.pdxtu.org
March 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Tomorrow (3/25) is a great day to show up at city hall for the Homelessness and Housing Committee meeting from noon to 2 PM in support of @councilormorillo.bsky.social's ordinance to ban AI price fixing. More ways to help at www.pdxtu.org/portland_alg...
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Show up to City Hall for the Housing and Homeless Committee from 12pm to 2pm to show support for @councilormorillo.bsky.social proposal to ban AI Rent Price fixing algorithms in Portland!! We need @counciloravalos.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social to support her to get it out of committee!
March 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Show up to City Hall for the Housing and Homeless Committee from 12pm to 2pm to show support for @councilormorillo.bsky.social proposal to ban AI Rent Price fixing algorithms in Portland!! We need @counciloravalos.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social to support her to get it out of committee!
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Support @councilorgreen.bsky.social Social Housing Resolution. Submit your written testimony by March 25 to the Housing and Homelessness Committee.
Here's a first look at a resolution to get social housing going in Portland which requires a study of housing financing and ownership models presented to Council. I'm excited about this one. It's also co-sponsored by @counciloravalos.bsky.social, Housing Co-chair. www.portland.gov/council/docu...
Require the City Administrator to study alternative housing financing and ownership models and deliver a report of findings to Council
www.portland.gov
March 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Support @councilorgreen.bsky.social Social Housing Resolution. Submit your written testimony by March 25 to the Housing and Homelessness Committee.
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Here's a first look at a resolution to get social housing going in Portland which requires a study of housing financing and ownership models presented to Council. I'm excited about this one. It's also co-sponsored by @counciloravalos.bsky.social, Housing Co-chair. www.portland.gov/council/docu...
Require the City Administrator to study alternative housing financing and ownership models and deliver a report of findings to Council
www.portland.gov
March 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here's a first look at a resolution to get social housing going in Portland which requires a study of housing financing and ownership models presented to Council. I'm excited about this one. It's also co-sponsored by @counciloravalos.bsky.social, Housing Co-chair. www.portland.gov/council/docu...