Texas Tenants' Union

Thousands of tenants contact us each year seeking information and assistance to remedy rental housing problems. We work with tenants to prevent evictions and homelessness, minimize the adverse consequences to tenants and the community when eviction does occur, improve living conditions at substandard properties, help tenants recover security deposits that are unlawfully kept, and inform tenants of their rights generally, so that they may avoid rental housing problems in the future.

Our Needs

Contributions support the following activities:
1) Educating tenants on their rights through free workshops, phone assistance, written materials, and training.
2) Organizing tenants to improve their housing conditions, fight displacement, and stand up to unfair practices.
3) Advancing tenants' rights and affordable housing in public policy.

For more than 40 years, we have provided tenants with information and assistance to solve their rental housing problems and become involved in their neighborhoods to create stronger, more caring communities. Our work has been recognized with a Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award (given to organizations that are judged outstanding for their innovative and creative approaches to fighting domestic hunger and poverty by empowering people and building self-reliance) as well as awards from the National Alliance of HUD Tenants, the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service, and others.