Organizing Resources

In our experience, tenants have more success in winning their demands if they collectively withhold rent. Collectively can mean within a building, an owner property portfolio, a neighborhood, a city, a metropolitan area, a state, all the way up to a global movement.

Success at acting collectively involves putting energy into building relationships, connecting and talking with neighbors, and participating in coordinated communication and action. The following public resources are available to ground in tenant organizing.

Please keep in mind that the legal systems and conditions are different state by state. Guides from other states may have information that is incorrect for MN, or MN guides may have outdated legal information if they have not been updated for the current year.

• IX Organizing Toolkit - A guide to organizing in your building. This guide was developed during COVID in 2020.

• The Minnesota Renter's Guide to Tenant Organizing - HOMELine & Housing Justice Center

  • HOME Line Organizing Resources for Renters & Tenant Associations

• Union at Home - San Francisco Anti Displacement Coalition - Tenant Organizing Toolkit

• Homes for All Greenbook

• Autonomous Tenants Union Network - Organizing Resources

Repair request forms to be sent to your landlord

• English & Spanish

• Somali & English