For over 50 years, City Life/Vida Urbana has been fighting for tenants’ rights, and winning. As a community partner of UUUM, we invite our member congregations to support them in their important work.
 

Here are six ways you can get involved:

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1. Lawyers and others with legal training are needed at weekly housing meetings Tuesday night in Jamaica Plain (English) and
   Wednesday in East Boston (Spanish). Training in housing law offered.

2. Attend “Actions” when tenants are at risk of eviction. We march together in front of tenants homes or management companies.

3. Join Public Letter Workshops, at the CLVU office, UUUM office or your UU church. When a tenant is at risk of losing housing,
   letters written on their behalf to the Mayor, State Reps, or the owners can remedy the situation.

4. Support Legislation on rent control, foreclosure prevention and TOPA- Tenant Option to Purchase- by letter-writing and phone
   calls/meetings with legislators.

5. Canvass buildings where tenants are being treated unfairly, passing out literature informing them of their rights, usually with
   CLVU members and Harvard Law students.

6. Join the Devenscrest Village Tenants Association campaign to enable tenants of Devenscrest Village in Ayer to purchase
   their units. Over 100 units of affordable housing are at stake. CLVU is organizing with the support of a local interfaith coalitionand UU congregations in the area are encouraged to join.

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For more info or to volunteer, contact Tricia Brennan, Congregational Partnership Consultant, at tbrennan@uuum.org or 617-645-9681.