The Jax Tenants Union is the Organizational Vehicle for:
- Mutual Support and Solidarity
- Collective Action
- Housing Justice and Equality
- Fighting Evictions
- Sharing Resources
- Holding Landlords Accountable
- Education on Tenants’ Rights
- Networking
- Cultivating Tenant Associations and Councils at the Multifamily Apartment Level
- Collective Bargaining with Landlords
- Creating a Landlord Registry to Identify the Good and Bad Actors
- Direct Action to Address Tenant Grievances
What we do
Jax Tenants is dedicated to bringing tenants/renters together to promote safe, secure, and affordable housing through education, advocacy, solidarity, and political action. We are ready to connect with tenants who are interested in joining our base and working
together to create housing justice and equity for tenants in Jacksonville.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE JTU
Many options depending on available time and skills:
· Sharing information about your needs and experiences as a tenant in Jacksonville – who is your landlord? Property manager?
· Talking to neighbors and fellow tenants about the JTU.
· Distributing JTU fliers to expand the membership.
· Organizing a meeting of tenants in your building to discuss the conditions and a strategy to address the problems.
· Communicating with other JTU members who are seeking assistance/directing them to resources.
· Developing social media and outreach strategies.
· Attending city council meetings when there is a tenant-related issue we seek to support.
· Joining the organizing team to assist with some of the administrative and clerical work.