Root Cause Research Center

Property & Policing in Lousville, KY: our investigation documents Louisville’s nuisance law, and how the forces of placed based policing were complicit in the murder of Breonna Taylor. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4add4e…

WE ARE WINNING! Save the date for Sept 19th @ 1:00PM. Join us and help us make history by standing with residents at City Hall in 3-WEEKS' Time!  #TakeAStand  #PolicyProtected #HBNO #WearRED #Louisville @jecoreyarthur @KumarRashad1

Presenting the 1st Anti-Displacement Fair Housing Ordinance in the US South. Only tenants had the urgency and clarity to write this critical legislation that #Louisville Metro Gov has been talking about for years. Watch the presentation in 10mins. (clip 1 of 5) #PolicyProtected

Yesterday, tenants at Liberty Green issued new demands to @TCBCommunities & #LMHA. @HPN_Network @fstockman

#LibertyGreen tenants held landlord inspections today!!!

Across the United States, housing developers are receiving huge amounts of public money to spur displacement of longtime working-class residents. A proposed Louisville, Kentucky, ordinance would stop that. jacobin.com/2023/08/louisv…

The story of Louisville, Kentucky’s gentrification is similar to that of many US cities. But the city’s working-class black community aims to write a different ending, targeting the government funding that so often makes gentrification possible. jacobin.com/2023/08/louisv…

“Bold steps like this by local governments are necessary to negate gentrification’s tendency to uproot communities with rich histories and create racially exclusive neighborhoods,” - Brook Hill

1000+ supporters across all 26 voting districts of Jefferson Co say: We’re Tired of Waiting! Let’s Pass the #HBNO! Join us by signing the petition at tinyurl.com/27urf3va #PolicyProtected #RestoreHBNs #EndCorporateWelfare #Louisville @LouDemCaucus @LMCRep @LouisvilleMayor

NEW REPORT: NMHC (@ApartmentWire), one of the biggest landlord lobby groups in the country, has very close ties to Harlan Crow. Crow Holdings executive Ken Valach is the group's Chair, while Crow himself has given tens of thousands to NMHC's PAC. therevolvingdoorproject.org/harlan-crow-nm…

“I’ve been waiting a long time for someone to come out here to talk about all this.” Check out this piece in @wagingnv by @FranQuigley about the LTU & #HomesGuarantee campaign. wagingnonviolence.org/2023/07/tenant…

What role can tenant organizing play in changing city and state #housing policy? Join NPQ’s webinar on July 12 as we discuss this and more: bit.ly/44v2iM9 @Shelterforce @bastaaustin @joshpoe_ky @LouTenantsUnion @RootResearch @LawyersComm

Jer is here with @LouTenantsUnion: “I’m tired of giving half my wages for rent. I’m TIRED of my landlord avoiding me. I’m SO TIRED OF ALL OF THIS, especially when I know about the sweet deal he’s getting from the government. #RentTooDamnHigh

What role can tenant organizing play in changing city and state #housing policy? Join NPQ’s webinar on July 12 as we discuss this and more: bit.ly/46hkMRV @Shelterforce @bastaaustin @joshpoe_ky @LouTenantsUnion @RootResearch @LawyersComm

Wanna build power with your neighbors AND play bingo? Join the LTU and @OakStreetHealth this Friday at 6pm. We will play a couple rounds of bingo & share our vision for Black land protection & national rent control. #HomesGuarantee

"There's a powerful opportunity here if he's willing to listen to us and understand he represents all of Louisville and not just developer interests." @LouTenantsUnion organizer @joshpoe_ky.

The industry that commodifies our homes will fight every proposed regulation of their business. They will say: "We can't do this, it'll fundamentally change the market." That's the point. Today's market is a failure, serving no one but the profiteers. fastcompany.com/90903053/tenan…

On Tuesday @FHFA, the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, whose loans support 25% of American rental units, launched a public process to explore tenant protections. #HomesGuarantee members are canvassing apartments with these loans from Bozeman, MT to Louisville, KY.

Today LTU leaders canvassed and built power among trailer park tenants as part of the national #HomesGuarantee campaign. #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh and tenants here are being hit hardest. We demand @FHFA Director Sandra Thompson institute immediate and nationwide rent control!

Liberty Green residents take over meeting with @TCBCommunities and issue the following demands: 1. Prevailing Wage Standards for Maintenance Staff 2. Comprehensive mold testing in every building 3. Resident hiring committee 4. Electronic system to track work orders

Join us this Wednesday to help plan the Kentucky Movement Assembly! 🍿🍹Light refreshments will be provided. @VOCALKentucky @LouTenantsUnion