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Read moreBuilding tenant power across the Hudson Valley through collective action and community organizing.
Your donation helps us organize tenants, fight for housing justice, and win real victories for our communities.
The Hudson Valley is an epicenter of the housing crisis currently gripping the nation. While tenants have been under siege, they have also led the fight for tenant protections in New York.
Guarantees lease renewals and caps annual rent increases at 8.45%. Requires landlords to provide valid reasons for evictions.
Protected cities: Poughkeepsie (City & Town), Kingston, Newburgh, Beacon, Middletown, New Paltz, Fishkill, Catskill, Hudson, Croton-on-Hudson, Nyack
Appointed boards with tenant representation determine annual rent adjustments. Kingston achieved the first-ever 15% rent reduction in 2022.
Fighting for the REST Act to expand stabilization across the Hudson Valley.
The Warrant of Habitability protects tenants from unsafe conditions. As of 2024, tenants can now proactively sue landlords who violate these rights.
Proactive legal action now available for unsafe housing conditions
These hard-won rights require tenants to work together to be effective. When we organize with our neighbors, we can use these protections to win real improvements.
Learn More About Your RightsBorn from the historic victory at Stony Run apartments in Kingston, we helped win the first-ever 15% rent reduction in New York State. When tenants organized together, they achieved what no one thought possible.
Today, the Hudson Valley Tenants Union continues that fight across the region. With Good Cause Eviction protections spreading to 12 cities and towns, we're helping tenants know their rights, organize their buildings, and win real improvements in their living conditions.
Recent media coverage of our work
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Read moreThe Hudson Valley Tenants Union successfully advocated for expanded rent stabilization protections, marking a significant victory for tenant rights in the region.
Read moreWhen tenants work alone against bad landlords, they risk being singled out and persecuted. But when tenants organize together, they can use their collective power to win real improvements.
Tenant Associations shift the balance of power. Landlords have money because tenants pay them. When tenants organize and work collectively, they can reclaim that power and force landlords to meet their demands.
Safety in solidarity - no more facing landlords alone
Negotiate from a position of strength
Achieve better living conditions together