BOSTON TENANTS UNION

The Greater Boston Tenants Union is a collaborative of tenants across the greater boston area who have chosen to remain independent of nonprofits, big foundations, and government funding in order to build power that is responsive to and led by tenants. We are committed to base building and building leadership from the poorest. Our work is anti-capitalist, in order to resist the power of real estate capital that destroys our homes and our communities. Our work is anti-racist, in order to fight the gentrification and violence of the housing market, which affects the tenants of Boston unequally... Our primary goal is to support the development of tenant-led unions that can be a militant organized force agitating for their own material needs. Though we engage in coalition work, our organizing must be independent of NGOs, foundations, and government-funded groups in order to build power that is responsive to and led by tenants. We are committed to base building, taking leadership from the..