Tenants from across the state come together to form the North Carolina Tenants Union, a statewide tenants union fighting for housing as a human right.
The North Carolina Tenants Union (NCTU) is a union of six local tenant unions in Asheville, Charlotte, New Bern, New Hanover, Raleigh-Durham, and Winston-Salem, united in our fight for housing as a human right. Working-class tenants best understand their needs and how to build
a housing system that prioritizes people over profit. NCTU works with tenants to build durable, democratic tenant unions. NCTU’s member-unions organize grassroots campaigns led by directly-affected tenants to stop displacement, win critical repairs, stop rapid rent increases,
democratically control their housing and strengthen tenants’ rights.
The Asheville FM Newshour learned more about it in a discussion with Jen Hampton, Housing and Wages Organizer for Just Economics.
Listen to the full interview here: