We defend and advance tenants’ rights through grassroots organizing, outreach, and policy advocacy. Housing must be for people, not profit. #RentControl #SHIMBY
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19 Sep 2025
Unable to pay your rent or having trouble with your landlord? Unionize!
Most Berkeley tenants now have a legally-enforceable right to unionize and collectively bargain with the landlord! Go to unionize.berkeleytenants.org to start organizing w BTU and form your official tenant union!
ALT RENTER IN BERKELEY? LANDLORD PROBLEMS? UNIONIZE YOUR BUILDING (AND HELP OTHERS UNIONIZE THEIRS) FOR SUPPORT OR TO JOIN THE TASKFORCE Berkeley Tenant Organizing Task Force Interest Form: unionize.berkeleytenants.org THE BERKELEY TENANT ORGANIZING TASK FORCE IS A PROJECT OF THE BERKELEY TENANTS UNION, EAST BAY DSA, AND THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER LUNAPARRA, DEDICATED TO ASSISTING TENANTS IN ORGANIZING TENANT UNIONS UNDER MEASURE BB. [Logos of the Berkeley Tenants Union, the Office of Berkeley City Council Member Cecilia Lunaparra, and the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America]
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On Sunday, May 17, BTU will be hosting a ballot party. Bring your ballots to the Grassroots House for a discussion on this season’s elections!
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Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic for East Bay tenants is Thursday, April 23 from 3-5pm! The deadline to sign-up at clinic.berkeleytenants.org (link in bio too) is this Tuesday, April 21, i.e. two days before the clinic.
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Because of the extremely unfair legal deadlines for tenants facing evictions, it is crucial for tenants to react very quickly to eviction notices (even for blatantly illegal evictions). Do NOT wait to use our counseling clinic if you are facing an eviction.***
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(California tenants living outside Alameda and Contra Costa counties should call @TenantsTogether at 888-495-8020 for counseling - both for responding to evictions and for general assistance.)
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Rent control and tenant protections are on the chopping block for tenants in nonprofit buildings. Comment in person or over Zoom! berkeleyca.gov/your-governme…
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The 2026 Berkeley Tenants Convention is on Sunday, April 19! Help select the progressive, pro-tenant Berkeley Rent Board slate. Make sure to RSVP and/or request a ballot at
berkeleytenants.org/conventi…
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Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is Thursday, January 29 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this Sunday, January 25 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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If a landlord threatens eviction for ANY reason, *immediately* email info@berkeleytenants.org w/ subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" for help. B/c of very unfair legal deadlines for (even illegal) evictions, it's crucial to react ASAP. Do NOT wait to use our clinic for evictions.
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California tenants living outside Alameda and Contra Costa counties should call @TenantsTogether at 888-495-8020 for counseling (both for responding to evictions and for general assistance).
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Join BTU’s Discord to stay connected, chat with fellow organizers, and keep up to date on important events!
discord.gg/tSUf4j6F35
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Join us for the first BTU meeting of the new year at 4:00 PM on January 25th at the Grassroots House, run by your newly elected steering committee! The meeting will be a potluck as well, all are welcome! 🥘🍪
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Meet your new Berkeley Tenants Union Steering Committee! 🏠
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Berkeley Tenants Union retweeted
29 Dec 2025
MA voters will decide whether to overturn a decades-old ban on rent control that will cap annual rent hikes. It’s people power versus the billionaire real estate interests. @homesforallmass
wbur.org/news/2025/12/02/ren…
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Berkeley Tenants Union retweeted
one last thing: “Abundance” is being used in CA against just-cause eviction protections for tenants returning to wildfire-ravaged communities. no, not rent control. just *telling someone why they’re being evicted.*
if that’s not mindless deregulation, I don’t know what is 🤷🏽♀️
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21 Dec 2025
"“[Although] this settlement [may halt] Greystar’s use of price fixing software… just $7 million for a landlord [of] 950,000 units… [does not] disincentivize other landlords from forming effective cartels in the future,” said [BTU Chair] Avery Arbaugh."
dailycal.org/news/city/law-a…
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