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The Politics and Practice of Tenant Organizing

The Dig

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The Los Angeles Tenant Union and the Los Angeles Landlord Union

Tracy: The idea that Union de Vasinos was formed because tenants wanted to stay and they did not see the destruction of their communities as the improvement of their communities. Tracy: Now one of our fights is in Hillside via in Chinatown which is a privately owned multi-family it has a hundred some 140 units that are both subsidized through Laitec meaning it's affordable housing and also the landlord accepts section 8. They're what they are struggling to do right now and have made massive strides considering the horizon is to force the city to purchase the building using eminent domain.

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