Portland Tenants United

You can see our final ratings for Portland City Council candidates who submitted questionnaires here: www.pdxtu.org/2026_candida... Our green light candidates are: District 3: Tiffany Koyama Lane Angelita Morillo Cristal Otero Tom Sollitt District 4: Jamey Evenstar Mitch Green

Hey Portlanders, it’s time to vote! Do you know where your ballot boxes are? Here’s my handy guide to all D4 locations. To get a complete list and a map, visit multco.us

PTU members have given Portland City Council District 3 candidate Cristal Otero a green light 🟢 endorsement. You can check out her questionnaire answers here: www.pdxtu.org/cristal-oter... One member praised her strong stance against harassment of tenants. Rank Cristal Otero!

A renter, car-free transit rider, and mom of five, Jamey Evenstar @jameyevenstar.bsky.social is a Portland policy wonk committed to delivering for her working class neighbors. In her questionnaire and interview she proved that her diverse and dynamic ideas are rooted in evidence and experience.

I highly recommend reading Jamey’s responses to our questionnaire, which are linked on our endorsement webpage: portlandneighborswelcome.org/2026-portlan... If there was a word more than “expert” I would use it here

City Council D4 Candidate Jamey Evenstar's questionnaire answers are now live on our website. www.pdxtu.org/jamey_evenst... PTU members are grading her questionnaire for the final rating. PTU members sign up to grade: www.pdxtu.org/2026_candida.... Become a member at www.pdxtu.org/join_the_union.

everyone should get a public defender at eviction court and i'm not kidding

A 68-year-old veteran with disabilities got an eviction notice last week for unpaid rent he didn't know he owed. With swift intervention from a tenant union and a city councilor, the eviction case was dismissed. Tenant rights advocates say the case underscores a larger, systemic problem.

Thank you to @councilorgreen.bsky.social and your incredible team for saving this constituent from being evicted. I watched you hustle behind the scenes to take regular constituent work and go above and beyond to use the power of your office to make a difference in this person’s life.

Check out this story about PTU, @portlanddsa.bsky.social, and @councilorgreen.bsky.social speaking out for a @homeforward.bsky.social tenant who was nearly evicted. Quick collective action helped keep him housed. Leeor lays out some of PTU's demands for @homeforward.bsky.social.

Join leaders from @portlanddsa.bsky.social and PTU along with @councilorgreen.bsky.social at a press conference to defend a 68-year-old disabled veteran, nearly evicted due to landlord negligence. Tomorrow, Thursday, 9/4 at 10:30 AM at the Yards, 815 NW Naito Pkwy. Come demand housing justice.

We cannot achieve housing justice alone. We can only push back against the landlord class if renters stand in solidarity. Join us as we canvass renters in D1 to invite the community to the East Portland Renters’ Town Hall. RSVP today at portlanddsa.org/events #housingforall #rentersbillofrights

Join us for the third Renters' Town Hall in East Portland to support the Renters' Bill of Rights! Be part of the growing movement of Portlanders fighting back against the landlord class! RSVP Today! actionnetwork.org/events/east-...

📣 REMINDER: The Renters’ Town Hall is TOMORROW! 🗓 Sunday, June 1 🕑 2–4 PM 📍 Leaven Community Center (5431 NE 20th Ave) Come hear from fellow renters, share your story, and build power together. Let’s show up strong 💪 #PortlandRenters #RentersRights #TenantPower

We invited Councilor Ryan to the Renters’ Town Hall early this month. We still have not heard back from his office. I guess Ryan doesn’t want to hear from renters in his district? 🤷 #orpol #portland #pdx #renterstownhall #rentersrights @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilordanryan.bsky.social

Join us for the District 2 Renters’ Town Hall and be part of the growing movement for a Portland where all renters are treated with dignity. RSVP TODAY! 🔗 #portland #orpol #renters #pdx #tenatsrights

Join us Wednesday, April 16 at 5:15 PM outside Portland City Hall as we rally to support @councilormorillo.bsky.social ordinance to ban AI-driven rent price-fixing. 💙 Wear blue 🪧 Bring a sign 📣 Raise your voice Let’s pack the council chambers at 6:00 PM to show support for the ordinance.

Interested in starting a new tenant organization in your neighborhood or city? Organizers from @vancouvertenants.bsky.social, Puget Sound Tenants Union, and @latenantsunion.bsky.social will present & lead a discussion. Sunday April 13, 4:30 / 7:30 Register at bit.ly/ATUN-april13

Why social housing and why now? We need to provide housing as a public good, and for Portland this means we can better respond to the housing crisis and the rigid and underfunded situation that exists today. The scale of the problem is too great for us to rely on passive, market-based solutions.

This week we secured a major step forward for renters — My ordinance banning algorithmic rent price fixing passed out of the Homelessness and Housing Committee! Now it’s moving to the full City Council for a first hearing on the morning of Wednesday, April 2nd. ‼️ We need your help ‼️

Congratulations @councilormorillo.bsky.social for a successful committee vote on your bill to ban algorithmic price fixing software in the rental housing market. Here are my remarks, edited to fit the 3min time limit on bluesky. Watch the full hearing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WKq...

Both the Algorithmic Pricing Ban and the Social Housing Study passed the Homelessness and Housing Committee to the full council today. The next step is going to be getting them passed in the full city council meetings. 💪

“It's hard to get into the heads of property management companies that neglect tenants and buildings creating lots of problems and misery. It requires such a high level of either greed or incompetence that makes speculation hard." -Leeor Schweitzer, on the PTU Organizing Committee

Me & my team have been working around the clock to bring the first ordinance before the new City Council that will ban price fixing algorithms in rent setting. As 1 of 2 renters on City Council and the only renter on the Housing Committee, I want to center these issues www.wweek.com/news/city/20...

🚨 Tomorrow, in the Homelessness & Housing Committee, I’m leading the charge on a resolution to study social housing in Portland. As chair of the committee and co-sponsor of this bill (alongside @councilorgreen.bsky.social), I’m fighting for real housing solutions. 🏠 Why does this matter? A thread 🧵⬇️

Support @councilorgreen.bsky.social Social Housing Resolution. Submit your written testimony by March 25 to the Housing and Homelessness Committee.

Here's a first look at a resolution to get social housing going in Portland which requires a study of housing financing and ownership models presented to Council. I'm excited about this one. It's also co-sponsored by @counciloravalos.bsky.social, Housing Co-chair. www.portland.gov/council/docu...

Was your rent raised by AI?

If you want to refine your testimony to submit to the Oregon Senate Committee on Housing and Development on SB722, check out this testimony workshop with Portland DSA today at 7 PM. RSVP at actionnetwork.org/events/testi...

Rally at Portland City Hall today at 2 PM! Confirmed speakers include multiple community leaders and elected officials. Music, comradeship, and more. Don't miss it! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/tax-t...

National Register Historic Districts are a completely undemocratic circumvention of land use processes that allow exclusionary neighborhoods to freeze themselves in amber... but we have an opportunity to change that, and we need YOUR testimony! portlandneighborswelcome.org/house-bill-2...

I was having too much fun to remember to take pictures, but the 2025 Winter Social was a blast. We talked about the past and the future, made connections, and enjoyed some delicious pizza with beverages. Hope to see you at the next one!

See PTU's own Leeor testifying yesterday in support of banning apps landlords use to collude and fix rent prices. www.youtube.com/live/evjPj8l...

As one of three renters on City Council, I know how much the cost of rent is hurting Portland families. I look forward to sharing more about this policy with my colleagues at our next Housing Committee meeting on February 25th!