Group to discuss Expanding Rent Control/Stabilization and Stopping Corporate Landlord Influence
Saturday, April 25, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Bethel Gospel Assembly, Harlem
New York marks the fourth city in a series of meetings and public events by the national coalition to advance rent control/stabilization and tenant rights. Organizational leaders from New York, Minnesota, California, Illinois, Massachusetts; Texas and Washington DC will convene in Harlem to strategize on expanding and preserving rent stabilized housing for low-income communities. Previous convenings were held in DC, Dallas, and Los Angeles.
What: |
National Conference on Rent Control/Stabilization and Tenant Rights |
When: |
Saturday, April 25, 2026; 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Where: |
Bethel Gospel Assembly - Harlem 2-26 E. 120th Street, New York, NY |
Who: |
Stakeholders, tenant organizations, renters and elected officials from across the United States will convene in New York City to discuss strategies to advance rent control /stabilization nationwide; stop the influence of corporate landlords; delineate opportunities locally and nationally to promote rent stabilization; reverse statewide bans and partial bans on rent control; winning and defending rent control; empowering tenants and connecting homelessness, HUD subsidized tenant campaigns with the rent control movement. |
Among the speakers and panelists participating at the conference include Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation; Donald Whitehead, Executive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless; Tyller Williamson, Mayor of Monterey, CA; Susan Lerner, Executive Director of New York Common Cause; Susie Shannon, Executive Director of Housing Is A Human Right; Andrea Shapiro, Executive Director of MET Council on Housing; Alan Minsky, Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America; and Ericka Lesley, elected Santa Monica Rent Board Member.
For more information, visit housingisahumanright.org
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Among the topics the housing advocates will discuss are strategies to advance rent control/stabilization nationwide, to stop the influence of corporate landlords, and to identify opportunities locally and nationally to promote rent stabilization.
Contacts
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Susie Shannon, Policy Director, Housing Is A Human Right
213-880-3065 c susie.shannon@ahf.org
W. Imara Canady, National Director, Community Engagement & Communications
770-940-6555 c imara.canady@ahf.org
