Categories
- Wisconsin Eviction Resources
- Organizing during Coronavirus
- Guides to Tenant Organizing
- Flyers and Graphics
- Landlord Information
- Outside Resources for Tenants
- Tenant Union Constitution and Bylaws
- Homeowner Resources
Wisconsin Eviction Resources
- Wisconsin Eviction Law
- Landlord / Tenant Law
- Find a Lawyer | Milwaukee
- MATU Eviction Additional Resources
Resources for Organizing during the Coronavirus
- Food Not Rent! Rent Forgiveness Guide – Los Angeles Tenants Union. Step-by-step guide for those who cannot or are refusing to pay rent. English/Spanish.
- The Tenants Will Win: TANC Pandemic Organizing Guide – Tenants and Neighborhood Councils, CA Bay Area. A quick guide with principles, strategy, resources and basic organizing steps.
- COVID-19 Organizing Guide – Philadelphia Tenants Union. A nuts-and-bolts organizing around tenant organizing and leadership building.
- Keep Your Rent: Organizing Materials – Parkdale Organize, Toronto, Canada. Guides, posters and FAQs based around the #KeepYourRent campaign.
- #CancelRent Organizing Toolkit – Autonomous Tenants Union, Chicago. Basic organizing resources, legal guide, tactics zine, along with Chicago specific resources. English/Spanish.
- Rebel Steps Podcast on COVID-19 and Rent Strikes. An audio guide with interviews on rent strike organizing that you can share with your neighbors.
- Sample Letter to Your Landlord. Copy this text and customize for your landlord, state and situation.
- How to Research Your Landland. Handy guide with resources on researching your landlord and what other properties they might own.
- Rebel Steps Podcast: Emergency Episode: COVID-19 (Rent Strike). A discussion of the practical steps of how to organize a rent strike.
Guides to Tenant Union Organizing
Tenants Association Handook
A guide published by the Los Angeles Tenants Union.
Tactics vol 1.
A zine distributed by the Autonomous Tenants Union, Chicago, outlining 7 tactics for tenants organizing.
Community Control of Land & Housing
Exploring strategies for combating displacement, expanding ownership and building community wealth, by the Democracy Collaborative.
Building Power, One Building at a Time
An interview with the Crown Heights Tenants Union – The Indypendent
The Tenant and Neighborhood Councils Reader
A guide for organizing neighborhood councils, by TANC.
Building Dual Power in the Neighborhood
Reflections on neighborhood and tenant organizing, by Jay Lucien and Varlam Akrat – ROAR magazine
Stomp Out Slumlords: An Anti-Eviction Operations Manual
Metro DC DSA. Very detailed guide to tenant organizing.
Tenant Organizing Manual
NYC DSA Housing Working Group. Well-researched guide to tenant organizing manual.
Forming a Tenant Union
Madison Tenant Power. One-page flyer on how to form a tenant union.
Resources for Tenants
Madison Tenant Power. Two-page list of resources for tenants.
Madison Tenant Power Handbook
Reference guide to some practical basics of tenant organizing.
Flyers and Graphics
A small collection of graphics, free for use in tenants organizing campaigns.
Landlord Information
Outside Resources for Tenants
- Legal Action of Wisconsin – Non-profit law firm seeking justice for low-income individuals
- Community Advocates Tenant Aid – advocacy, referral, and planning services for tenants
Tenant Union Constitutions and By-Laws
MATU Bylaws
Find enclosed the most recent version of the MATU Bylaws and Points of Unity. This is a living document that will be updated by membership as necessary.
- TANC Constitution – Bay Area.
- Constitution – Madison Tenant Power.
Homeowner Resources
- Housing Resources Inc. – Buyer education, mortgage counseling, grant assistance, foreclosure prevention and more.