Housing Justice League
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Housing Justice League is a group in Atlanta where renters and homeowners organize to defend their right to stay in their homes. They run a tenant hotline, give out eviction defense manuals, and help neighbors form tenant associations. Volunteers also knock on doors to tell people facing eviction about their rights.
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- Taking volunteers now
- YesFrom the description, not confirmed
- Who they serve
- AnyoneFrom the description, not confirmed
- Kind of work
- With people (tutoring, mentoring, visiting), EventsFrom the description, not confirmed
- How to sign up
- Email latresa@housingjusticeleague.org for eviction defense, monica@housingjusticeleague.org for the tenant working group, or matthew@housingjusticeleague.org for the policy working group.From the description, not confirmed
- Case types
- Eviction & housingFrom the description, not confirmed
What they offer 10
- Info refreshed from their website· Oct 16
Eviction Defense ResourcesService
A tenant hotline and eviction defense manuals that explain the eviction process and tenant rights. Hotline volunteers can also point you to free services, including legal help.
- Info refreshed from their website· Oct 16
Eviction Defense Working GroupProgram
Volunteers knock on doors with the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation to tell people facing eviction about their rights and resources. The group also helps run Know Your Rights trainings.
- Info refreshed from their website· Oct 16
HJL MembershipProgram
Members vote, start campaigns or organizing groups, and get trainings. Dues are on a sliding scale, and members are asked to attend an HJL event every six months.
- Info refreshed from their website· Jul 12
Home Defense Online Petition SupportService
HJL offers an online petition tool and guidance for people fighting to stay in their home.
- Info refreshed from their website· Jul 12
People's Community Land TrustProgram
HJL partners with The Guild and AFSC Atlanta Economic Justice Program on a community land trust for permanently affordable housing.
- Info refreshed from their website· Oct 16
Policy Working GroupProgram
A volunteer group that researches housing policy and speaks up for laws that help renters. It builds a housing platform for working class, low-income and marginalized people in Atlanta and Georgia.
- Info refreshed from their website· Oct 16
Tenant Association PartnershipsProgram
HJL helps tenants start and strengthen tenant associations. It supports campaigns about housing problems they face.
- Info refreshed from their website· Oct 16
Tenant Working GroupProgram
A volunteer group that organizes tenants into unions and associations. Members work toward a city-wide tenant union.
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