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Missoula Tenants Union highlights Trevoy's Village organizing, pushes city for right-to-counsel funding
Summary
Julie Sanders of the Missoula Tenants Union described recent organizing at Trevoy's Village after an out-of-state owner raised lot rents, and urged the city to fund a tenants'right-to-counsel program she says is ready but lacks resources.
Joel Baer, general manager of Missoula Community Access Television, interviewed Julie Sanders, a representative of the Missoula Tenants Union, about the group's organizing work and policy priorities on a recent Your Missoula program.
Sanders said the union is organized as a 501(c)(4) and aims to build tenant power across the city through building-level organizing, member committees and public campaigns. "Right now, Missoula roughly is made up about 52% of tenants, and there are almost no tenant protections," she said, arguing that collective organizing gives renters more leverage with landlords.
Sanders described a major local campaign at Trevoy's Village, an affordable long-term…
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