Educating and Empowering Tenants Through Leadership
We prioritize leadership development for low and moderate-income tenants to lead our campaigns and be tenant activists in their communities.
Tenant Leadership Development Workshops
We host monthly workshops teaching tenants lifelong skills to help them more effectively organize in their buildings and communities. Topics range from campaign planning to navigating housing court. Workshops are held virtually over Zoom. For more information, contact Abby Ng at ang@tandn.org or 212-608-4320 ext. 301.
We also have four leadership committees made up of tenants from all over New York City. Each committee represents the four types of housing where we organize:
● Rent-Stabilization
● Rent Control
● Mitchell-Lama
● and project-based Section 8 housing.
HUD Tenant Leadership Committee
The HUD Tenant Leadership Committee has been working on educating HUD tenants citywide about recertification procedure and organizing against sequestration budget cuts.
Mitchell-Lama Tenant Leadership Committee
The Mitchell-Lama Tenant Leadership Committee has been organizing to reform the rent increase system in Mitchell-Lama developments and to recapture lost Mitchell-Lama developments.
Rent Control Tenant Leadership Committee
The Rent Control Tenant Leadership Committee has been organizing to change the rent increase system legislatively through the Alliance for Tenant Power. The Committee created a
white paper: Rent Control White Paper with Assembly member Linda Rosenthal to show the need to reform the rent control system.
Project-based Section 8 Leadership Meetings
The Project-based Section 8 Leadership Committee meets monthly to strategize for affordable housing, develop organizing skills and provide updates from the National Alliance of HUD Tenants. These meetings are open to all project-based section 8 tenants. To get involved, contact Zorina Langdon at zlangdon@tandn.org or (212) 608-4320 ext. 306.