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31 J. Affordable Hous. & Cmty. Dev. L. 391 (2022-2023)
The Role of the Law in Protecting Tenant Organizing: Opportunities for Local and State Legal Reforms

handle is hein.journals/jrlaff31 and id is 418 raw text is: The Role of the Law in Protecting Tenant Organizing: Opportunities for Local and State Legal Reforms Kelly Hogue & Heather K. Way* Introduction .....................................................................................................391 Part I: The History of Tenant Organizing in the United States .................394 Part II. Tenant Organizing Today................................................................... 399 Part III. The Importance of the Law in Facilitating Tenant Organizing ...........................................................................................405 Risk of Retaliation..................................................................................407 Threats of Arrest and Other Landlord Interference..........................410 Jurisdictions with Strong Legal Protections for Tenant Organizing ........................................................................................ 412 Part IV: An Agenda for State and Local Legal Reforms to Advance Tenant Organizing ......................................................................414 1. Provide Tenants with a Broad Right to Organize.........................415 2. Protect Tenants Who Organize from Retaliation..........................417 3. Adopt Good Cause Eviction Protections .......................................418 4. Protect Third-Party Organizers.......................................................419 5. Require Landlords to Meet and Confer with Tenant Organizations ................................................................................... 423 6. Provide Financial Support for Tenant Organizing.......................424 Conclusion ........................................................................................................425 Introduction In 2019, tenants at Stonehouse Square Apartments in northeast Minneapo- lis were notified that their housing was at risk.' The owner of their apart- ment complex intended to sell the complex, and the future buyer would not be obligated to renew the complex's Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance contract.2 Without the Section 8 contract in place-and the *Kelly Hogue is an attorney and Gallogly Fellow at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. Heather K. Way is a Clinical Professor and the Director of the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic at The University of Texas School of Law. We would like to thank the organizers and tenant advocates who shared their experiences and helped inform this article, with particular thanks to Shoshana Krieger and Lizbeth Parra Davilla for their input on earlier drafts. 1. Marissa Evans, Tenants in Northeast Minneapolis Building Mobilize to Keep Their Homes, STARTRJBUNE (May 9, 2019), https:/ /www.startribune.com/tenants-in-ne-minne apolis-building-mobilize-to-keep-their-home/509674192. 2. Id. 391

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