Daily Freeman
Guest column: Rent stabilization makes rent affordable
Modern, smart rent control policies like New York’s rent stabilization laws prevent displacement while allowing for the development of new housing.
Read more
Organize. Fight. Win.
Building tenant power across the Hudson Valley through collective action and community organizing.
Support Tenant Power
Your donation helps us organize tenants, fight for housing justice, and win real victories for our communities.
Tenant Rights in the Hudson Valley
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.
Good Cause Eviction
Guarantees lease renewals and caps annual rent increases at 8.45%. Requires landlords to provide valid reasons for evictions.
12 Hudson Valley cities protected
More details
Protected cities: Poughkeepsie (City & Town), Kingston, Newburgh, Beacon, Middletown, New Paltz, Fishkill, Catskill, Hudson, Croton-on-Hudson, Nyack
Rent Stabilization
Appointed boards with tenant representation determine annual rent adjustments. Kingston achieved the first-ever 15% rent reduction in 2022.
Historic Win: Kingston's 15% rent reduction - the first in New York State history!
More details
Fighting for the REST Act to expand stabilization across the Hudson Valley.
Tenant Dignity & Safe Housing
The Warrant of Habitability protects tenants from unsafe conditions. As of 2024, tenants can now proactively sue landlords who violate these rights.
NEW IN 2024
More details
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 RightsBuilding Tenant Power Across the Hudson Valley
Born from the historic victory in Kingston, where organized tenants won a 15% rent reduction in 2022, the first-ever rent stabilized reduction in the country. When tenants organized together, they achieved what no one thought was 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.
15% Rent Reduction Won
12 Cities Protected
1000s Tenants Covered
In the Press
Recent media coverage about tenant protections and organizing
Shelterforce
More Upstate Towns Opt Into - And Toughen - New York's Good Cause Eviction Law
By adjusting rent thresholds and shrinking landlord exemptions, more than a dozen municipalities have adopted stronger versions of a state law that protects tenants from high rent increases and unreasonable evictions.
Read moreWAMC
Middletown opts in to 'good cause' eviction
By opting in, Middletown joins a growing list of Hudson Valley communities to adopt “good cause,” including: Kingston, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Hudson, Catskill, Croton-on-Hudson, and Albany. Middletown also chose the strongest possible version of the law, defining “small landlords” — who are exempt
Read more Tenant Organizing
Stronger Together
When 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.
Protected by Numbers
Safety in solidarity - no more facing landlords alone
Collective Bargaining
Negotiate from a position of strength
Win Real Changes
Achieve better living conditions together
 copy.jpg)