housing justice working group

Organizing against displacement and for truly affordable homes, because Housing is a Human Right.

The Housing Justice Working Group fights evictions, displacement, and landlord abuse in Savannah and the Coastal Empire. We organize with renters, public housing residents, and unhoused neighbors to win truly affordable housing, safe and healthy homes, and real power for tenants over landlords and developers.

At a glance

Focus: tenant organizing, anti-eviction support, and housing policy fights

Who can plug in: renters, homeowners, unhoused neighbors, and allies

Primary goals for 2025–2026: support residents of Yamacraw Village and other public housing communities facing demolition to prevent permanent displacement and win strong right-of-return guarantees.

Large electronic Spectacolor billboard in New York’s Times Square reading “HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT,” mounted on a tall building above the city streets.

what we fight for

NO DISPLACEMENT – Stop evictions, rent hikes, and “redevelopment” schemes that push working-class people, especially Black and Brown communities, out of their neighborhoods.

DEEPLY AFFORDABLE, DE-COMMODIFIED HOUSING – Expand public, social, and cooperative housing that is permanently affordable and taken out of the speculative market.

SAFE, HEALTHY HOMES – Hold slumlords and negligent property managers accountable so tenants aren’t forced to live with mold, leaks, pests, and unsafe conditions.

POWER TO THE TENANTS, NOT LANDLORDS – Build tenant unions and tenant associations so renters can bargain collectively, defend each other, and directly confront abusive landlords.

DIGNITY FOR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS – Fight the criminalization of homelessness and support housing-first policies and mutual aid that meet people’s needs without cops or cages.

what we do

The Housing Justice Working Group combines direct support and organizing. What we do changes based on what tenants and neighbors are facing and their material conditions, but it often includes:

We knock doors, table at events, and visit buildings where people are struggling with rent hikes, unsafe conditions, or threats of displacement. Our first job is to listen, document what people are going through, and help neighbors see that they are not alone.

We help tenants in the same building, complex, or neighborhood connect with each other, share stories, and identify their shared demands. We support residents in forming tenant councils so they can speak and act together with more power.

We organize speak-outs, meetings with officials, call-in campaigns, and public actions so tenants and public-housing residents can confront landlords, developers, and politicians directly. We help make sure the people most affected are front and center, not cut out of decisions about their homes.

Where we’re able, in collaboration with the Mutual Aid Working Group we coordinate aid and solidarity support — from helping someone move out of an unsafe situation, to organizing supply drives, to connecting residents with community groups that can help meet immediate needs. Mutual aid doesn’t replace systemic change, but it keeps people alive and together while we fight for it.