Tenants are innocent victims of the mortgage meltdown. Banks are evicting tenants after foreclosure for no good reason. Some cities are taking action, passing eviction protection laws at the local level to stop this unnecessary and unfair displacement of tenants.
Tenants Together has been at the forefront of efforts to raise awareness about this problem and to find solutions.
Starting in November 2007, our director sounded an alarm about the need to protect tenants in foreclosure. Read the article here. This was long before most in the media or legislature were paying attention to the plight of renters in foreclosed properties.
Tenants Together has identified the need to protect tenants in foreclosed properties as a priority issue since the organization formed in early 2008.
In March 2009, Tenants Together released a groundbreaking report on CA renters in foreclosure.
We operate California's only hotline exclusively for tenants in foreclosure situations. Tenants can reach the Tenant Foreclosure Hotline at 888-495-8020.
In May 2009, we released a proposal urging banks to continue renting to tenants after foreclosure.
Tenants Together is working with allies in communities across the state to protect renters in foreclosure situations through organizing, eduction and advocacy.
Tenants Together monitors and reports on recent developments, such as the new federal law that provides some protections for renters after foreclosure. We are actively spreading the word about this new law to make sure tenants get the protections they are entitled to.
Tenants Together has partnered with the California Reinvestment
Coalition to help tenants who are being harassed and misled by banks to
file complaints with the federal bank regulator -- Office of
Comptroller of Currency. Click here to file complaint.
Listed below are some fact sheets for tenants in foreclosure situations, as well as other information of interest on this issue.
