Rebecca Burns

1 week ago | inthesetimes.com | Rebecca Burns

HARTFORD, CONN. — Three years ago, Dave Richardson was spending half of his monthly income on an apartment with rats, roaches and a broken elevator. A stroke had made climbing the stairs difficult, forcing him to limit trips outside of his third-floor home. Other wheelchair-bound tenants had to be physically carried up and down. The landlord was ignoring phone calls, Richardson says, but one day in 2022, a group of organizers came to his door with a pitch to build a tenants union.

Jan 29, 2025 | popularresistance.org | Rebecca Burns

Above photo: House Our Neighbors tapped Neiman Taber Architects to design a proof-of-concept to showcase their idea of housing that could suit a variety of people, lifestyles and incomes. House Our Neighbors. Real estate and business interests are spending big against a February referendum to fund housing as a public good. On a once-vacant plot of public land in Seattle, a cluster of mid-rise buildings surrounds a tree-filled courtyard.

Jan 27, 2025 | inthesetimes.com | Rebecca Burns

Rebecca Burns January 27, 2025 On a once-vacant plot of public land in Seattle, a cluster of mid-rise buildings surrounds a tree-filled courtyard. Children play on swings while adults run laps and chat on shared stoops. Some neighbors live in dorm-style rooms with common kitchens, others in family-sized townhomes — but all benefit from access to parks and transit, affordable rents and a democratic say in how their buildings run. None of this exists yet, to be clear.

Jan 14, 2025 | inthesetimes.com | Rebecca Burns

Rebecca Burns January 14, 2025 A four-bedroom home advertised for nearly $29,500 a month. Bidding wars for vacant apartments.

Sep 27, 2024 | inthesetimes.com | Rebecca Burns

Fed up with paying escalating rents in buildings whose conditions they say range from dirty to dangerous, tenants at two Kansas City-area apartment complexes have voted to launch a rent strike on October 1 — a coordinated action that could soon spread to other cities, as a new national tenants union flexes its muscles. Anna Heetmann, 29, says she has spent three years trying to secure a fix for the gaping hole in her living room ceiling caused by water damage in the unit above.