New Jersey Tenants Organization

10/26/2025

HOUSING IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR CANDIDATES. Read this and vote accordingly.

Here’s what Ciattarelli, Sherrill say they plan to do about affordable housing, rent

10/10/2025

RENT DEBTORS STRIKE. SEE:

When Dani Long and Angel Speed received an eviction notice in 2023, they had been withholding rent for more than a year on what was supposed to be a luxury apartment in Los Angeles. Residents of the complex had been suffering with a variety of problems. Rainwater leaked through the roof. The elevato...

10/06/2025

Cape May: no apartments available! The few there are--too expensive.

Cape May County is one of the top second-home markets in America, but for the people who work here, stable year-round housing – either to buy or to rent – is nearly impossible to find. The problem has gotten so bad that some of the biggest employers in Cape May County fear for the future […]

09/26/2025

Getting the lead out--even in apartments. Landlords are to inform tenants if lead pipes send drinking water into their building.

Renters have sometimes been uninformed about problems with their drinking water.

09/19/2025

Women Rising in Jersey City: facing homelessness and metal health issues.

Jersey City nonprofit WomenRising offers supportive housing, counseling & financial guidance for homeless families with mental health needs.

08/14/2025

Big Landlord waves the white flag. America’s largest landlord has pledged to cease its use of RealPage’s algorithmic rent-setting software thanks to a new settlement with the Justice Department, which accused corporate apartment giant Greystar of exploiting the software and colluding with competitors to fix rent prices. The deal, which is still pending a federal judge’s approval, comes after a 2022 ProPublica investigation found that RealPage was enabling anticompetitive and “cartel”-like behavior from corporate landlords. From Lever Daily: August 13, 2025.

07/07/2025

Here is NJ state-wide help for tenants facing loss of housing. https://www.nj.gov/basicneeds/housing/help-renter-tenant.shtml

07/07/2025

For tenants who need help with landlord issues. Have a look at this!

At The Waterfront Project, housing is a fundamental right and a life-saving resource. We believe everyone deserves a safe and stable place to call home. Founded in 2013, The Waterfront Project, Inc. is a non-profit legal clinic and HUD-Certified Counseling Agency committed to providing comprehensive...

07/07/2025

FOR HUDSON, UNION AND BERGEN COUNTY TENANTS: Get help with landlord issues at the WATERFRONT PROJECT.

At The Waterfront Project, housing is a fundamental right and a life-saving resource. We believe everyone deserves a safe and stable place to call home. Founded in 2013, The Waterfront Project, Inc. is a non-profit legal clinic and HUD-Certified Counseling Agency committed to providing comprehensive...

05/23/2025

New Jersey residents think HOUSING is too EXPENSIVE in NJ.

But Garden State residents disagree on potential solutions.

05/22/2025

Jersey City Council to consider banning AI for rent calculations. Tenant activists say this "tool" will increase rents further, so good to bann it. Others say landlords have a cabal and that's what causes rent increases. See

A City Council vote comes as NJ lawmakers consider a statewide ban and the attorney general is suing major landlords, alleging collusion.

05/16/2025

Here's a good article about Tenant/Renter organizing.

What tenant unions can learn from labor unions and how they can both work together to win big.