United Tenants of Albany (UTA) is a nonprofit organization which works to protect tenants’ rights for safe, decent and affordable housing.
Joined July 2014
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29 Apr 2024
Check out this one-stop-shop guide on United Tenants of Albany! 🏠
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
Tenants are rallying against Bronstein Properties for neglecting repairs & subjecting them to hazardous living conditions. We need long-term solutions that will keep tenants securely housed! We must pass #CleanHands NOW to hold landlords accountable for violations!
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
NO REPAIRS, NO RENT! Bronstein tenants say ENOUGH to landlord abuse. Tenants have filed 42,616 violations against #WorstEvictor Bronstein Properties. The state must pass #CleanHands to stop evictions in violation-ridden buildings @GovKathyHochul @AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
7 Sep 2024
Something about the landlord lobby's new Twitter handle seems.....vaguely familiar.....
5 Sep 2024
Excited to lead the team at @HousingNY to push for abundant, quality, affordable housing!
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
20 Aug 2024
FIVE (!) upstate cities have now opted into #GoodCause...and every single one has closed the LLC loophole that @GovKathyHochul and the state legislature introduced.
We're not stopping until every tenant has these protections.
20 Aug 2024
Beacon became the latest upstate city to opt-in to Good Cause Eviction protections last night!
We were proud to support the campaign led by BCAN alongside @mhvdsa @CVHaction and @housing4allNY 💪
Up next: Hudson, Newburgh, Middletown, Town of Poughkeepsie, New Paltz....😈
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16 Aug 2024
Today, reps from the Danker Village Tenant Union visited their leasing office, calling on owner Marc Paquin to respond to requests for negotiations.
Instead, tenants were locked out of the office and were refused any response to union negotiations.
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16 Aug 2024
Tenants have faced $300 to $600 rent hikes, poor maintenance, and unresponsive maintenance since Cass Hill Development, founded by Marc Paquin, acquired the property last year.
DVTU is pushing for a collectively negotiated lease to protect ALL Danker tenants. ✊🏽🏠
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4 Aug 2024
Yesterday, in 90 degree heat, 50 tenants held a march and rally at Danker Village in Albany to fight against $600 rent hikes and declining maintenance, and to call for rent stabilization.
Cass Hill Development has only responded with neglect, intimidation, and deceit.
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4 Aug 2024
Mahmood Chaudry, a tenant at Danker Village, describes his neighbors being displaced, "There are many senior citizens here who fled their buildings out of an inability to pay their $500 increases. There are students getting PhDs that have to move in the middle of the semester,"
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4 Aug 2024
Jim McNamara spoke on the conditions at Danker Village and announced that several tenants will file Tenant Dignity and Safe Housing Act claims to sue Cass Hill for repairs.
"A 32% increase with the current conditions is not justifiable."
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1 Aug 2024
Stand with the Danker Village Tenants Union as they rally against huge rent hikes and poor conditions and call for Marc to meet with tenants! ✊🏽🏠
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1 Aug 2024
Danker Village is a vibrant complex of low-income working families, immigrants, and students now being pushed out after Cass Hill bought the property last year.
This is an all too familiar story as tenants face skyrocketing rents across the city- Albany needs rent control!
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
29 Jul 2024
Ithaca, Albany, Kingston: Which NY cities are opting into the state's new Good Cause Eviction Law? And what does it mean for tenants? bit.ly/4cSpWGW
@UTAlbany @PUSHBuffalo @ithacaTU @forthemany
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
21 Jul 2024
Millions across the country are struggling to keep a roof over their heads -- because landlords keep raising the rents for no reason but greed.
@KamalaHarris must pick up @JoeBiden's call for rent caps.
jacobin.com/2024/07/rent-con…
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
16 Jul 2024
Biden's rent caps would protect us from rent-gouging and keep families in our homes.
While we wait for federal action on rent control, NYS can act now to keep rents affordable -- by expanding rent stabilization to cover every renter in the state.
housingjusticeforall.org/sta…
16 Jul 2024
Biden is calling for a cap on rent increases by landlords who own 51 apartments if those landlords (usually corporations) want to qualify for federal tax write-offs
The rule would apply for 2 years
The rule wouldn’t apply to new development
More: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
16 Jul 2024
Upstate is having a hot tenant summer
@ithacaTU @UTAlbany @RocTenantUnion @housing4allNY @ForTheMany shelterforce.org/2024/07/12/…
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
16 Jul 2024
NEW: Two years ago, Kingston tenants won a historic 15% rent reduction.
But New York State’s @NYSHCR won’t enforce it. And tenants are leaving their homes as a result. citylimits.org/2024/07/16/ki…
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
13 Jul 2024
I’m on vacation this week and the winners are actually @mhvdsa @ithacaTU @UTAlbany @ForTheMany @CVHaction … @housing4allNY has an incredible team
12 Jul 2024
New York tenants can't stop winning 💪🏠🏢
Four #GoodCause opt-ins in just a month and a half. We won't stop until every tenant is protected across the state.
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
28 Jun 2024
Sitting is not a crime.
Resting is not a crime.
Sleeping is not a crime.
Camping is not a crime.
Being poor is not a crime.
Needing help is not a crime.
Homelessness is not a crime, it’s a policy failure.
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United Tenants of Albany retweeted
28 Jun 2024
Homelessness should absolutely be classified as a crime. A crime committed by the real estate industry against the working class.
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