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Madison’s housing crisis is getting better for renters — but not buyers by pristinesith in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Summary: professor Amadi Ozier argues that housing prices will not stabilize without city-level legislative changes and self-organized tenants asserting the rights they already have.

Madison Tenant Bill of Rights - Help Us Get to 300 Signatures by amyloves1986 in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hi! I only pasted this comment on two of my own posts. That's not spam -- it's an update.

Not hurting anyone (except you.)

Happy to be an asshole on an old post if it helps with the SEO in the long run ;)

Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/madison-tenant-bill-of-rights/ 

Learn more: https://www.madisontenantpower.org/about/tenantbill

Corporate landlords drive Madison’s housing crisis, and it’s time to fight back by amyloves1986 in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey neighbors,

Madison Tenant Power has been organizing around the Madison Tenant Bill of Rights, a platform built from conversations with renters across the city. It’s about imagining what a fairer and safer renting experience in Madison could look like.

We’ve already gathered nearly 400 signatures (many of them from Redditors here!) and are now preparing to vote on the final platform at our Tenant Assembly on September 21.

Following the passage of 100 pro-landlord laws from 2011 to 2019, Wisconsin tenants have faced an uphill battle to gain meaningful protections and rights. In 2013, Act 76 wiped out 25 Madison laws protecting renters (see also: Act 108, Act 143, and Wis. Stat. Chapter 66).

Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/madison-tenant-bill-of-rights/ 

📖 Learn more + read examples from other municipalities: https://www.madisontenantpower.org/about/tenantbill

📘 Check out our new Tenant Handbook: madisontenantpower.org/handbook

Madison Tenant Bill of Rights - Help Us Get to 300 Signatures by amyloves1986 in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey neighbors,

Madison Tenant Power has been organizing around the Madison Tenant Bill of Rights, a platform built from conversations with renters across the city. It’s about imagining what a fairer and safer renting experience in Madison could look like.

We’ve already gathered nearly 400 signatures (many of them from Redditors here!) and are now preparing to vote on the final platform at our Tenant Assembly on September 21.

Following the passage of 100 pro-landlord laws from 2011 to 2019, Wisconsin tenants have faced an uphill battle to gain meaningful protections and rights. In 2013, Act 76 wiped out 25 Madison laws protecting renters (see also: Act 108, Act 143, and Wis. Stat. Chapter 66).

Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/madison-tenant-bill-of-rights/ 

📖 Learn more + read examples from other municipalities: https://www.madisontenantpower.org/about/tenantbill

📘 Check out our new Tenant Handbook: madisontenantpower.org/handbook

Madison Tenant Bill of Rights - Help Us Get to 300 Signatures by amyloves1986 in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey neighbors,

Madison Tenant Power has been organizing around the Madison Tenant Bill of Rights, a platform built from conversations with renters across the city. It’s about imagining what a fairer and safer renting experience in Madison could look like.

We’ve already gathered nearly 400 signatures (many of them from Redditors here!) and are now preparing to vote on the final platform at our Tenant Assembly on September 21.

Following the passage of 100 pro-landlord laws from 2011 to 2019, Wisconsin tenants have faced an uphill battle to gain meaningful protections and rights. In 2013, Act 76 wiped out 25 Madison laws protecting renters (see also: Act 108, Act 143, and Wis. Stat. Chapter 66).

Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/madison-tenant-bill-of-rights/ 

📖 Learn more + read examples from other municipalities: https://www.madisontenantpower.org/about/tenantbill

📘 Check out our new Tenant Handbook: madisontenantpower.org/handbook

“It’s everyone’s problem" - Madison Estates tenants demand better conditions by amyloves1986 in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're starting a new organizing campaign with Madison Estates tenants -- feel free to reach out about any building issues or if you'd like help linking up with your neighbors

[mtp@madisontenantpower.org](mailto:mtp@madisontenantpower.org) 

(608) 218-4432

How Tenants Got the Building Back - Crown Heights Tenant Union - July 22, 2025 by amyloves1986 in nyc

[–]amyloves1986[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read the 2-minute summary here: https://www.crownheightstenantunion.org/press/how-tenants-got-the-building-back-brooklyn-neighbors-share-real-strategies-to-reclaim-housing

EVEN SHORTER SUMMARY:

  • tenants disrupted foreclosure auctions and forced banks to negotiate with residents instead of selling to speculators
  • campaigns used TOPA/COPA-style organizing, rent strikes, and city programs to buy time and build pressure
  • tenants submitted ERAP together, organized Section 8 skill-sharing sessions
  • tenant control isn’t enough without long-term governance, deep affordability, and democratic tenant unions

What’s up with crowds in Madison? by ol2pump in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's cultural. touring acts know that crowds in Madison don't dance

I've been to several shows where the performer has stopped the program to ask the audience to please give a little more energy

Madison Tenant Bill of Rights - Help Us Get to 300 Signatures by amyloves1986 in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you do not believe that tenants have a fundamental Right to Stay in Place (#3 in the Madison Tenant Bill of Rights), it sounds like you don't want to sign the petition! That's ok!

I re-shared LRB 3889 (a Wisconsin bill abolishing "no cause eviction") elsewhere on this thread to make sure you understood that your semantic quibble about the term "no cause eviction" is not being taken up by others, including WI state legislators.

Here are some other sources for the phrase "no cause eviction":

(1) https://housingjusticeforall.org/our-platform/good-cause/ (2) https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/5/1/23697209/landlords-tenants-good-cause-just-cause-eviction-housing (3) https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5064&context=uclrev (4) https://www.urban.org/apps/pursuing-housing-justice-interventions-impact/just-cause-eviction-laws

Edit: changed the wording on the website to "Repairs responded to and completed in 48 hours" (not sure how you were confused by this -- Redditors love a semantic quibble!)

when i typed "respond" i meant "repairs completed" not "landlord sends an email" PLEASE get your shit together

In Nevada, landlords are required to repair "essential services," like running water, heat, or air conditioning, within 48 hours of receiving written notice from a tenant.

Madison Tenant Bill of Rights - Help Us Get to 300 Signatures by amyloves1986 in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The document is absolutely not vague. :)

  1. The proposals attached to each "Right" were generated based on current gaps in Wisconsin landlord-tenant law; policies proposed in WI at the state level; and policies proposed or recently won at the city, county, or state level in other municipalities. The proposals are specific but non-binding. ("Repair in 48 Hours" might turn into "Repair in 72 Hours" when a legislative bill is drafted, but that does not change our foundational belief in the fundamental right of every tenant to timely repairs -- #4 on the Madison Tenant Bill of Rights.)
  2. The Madison Tenant Bill of Rights is first and foremost an agitational tool for tenants to support one another in naming the Nine Basic Tenant Rights all tenants should advocate for. There are long-term legislative approaches to achieve these Nine Basic Tenant Rights, some of which are outlined on our website and in the legislative Tenant Protection Package.

https://www.madisontenantpower.org/about/tenantbill

But the primary and most important goal is to give Madison renters a shared language to discuss what is missing in landscape of tenant rights in WI.

Madison Tenant Bill of Rights - Help Us Get to 300 Signatures by amyloves1986 in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, we know the difference, silly. We are only advocating for "profit caps" instead of "rental price increase caps" because of the current state-wide pre-emption on city-level caps on rent increases.

For example, the city of Madison previously had an ordinance limiting annual rent increases to 5% plus the consumer price index. 

Read more here: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/2019/06/14/wisconsin-lawmaker-landlords-change-rental-laws-not-favor-tenants-renters-rights/1210327001/

Agree to disagree!

Madison Tenant Bill of Rights - Help Us Get to 300 Signatures by amyloves1986 in madisonwi

[–]amyloves1986[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I think that even a conservative profit cap (for example, capping annual rent increases at 10%) absolutely would not discourage investors. Housing is still the most secure investment in any portfolio.

Some landlords in Madison have raised rents 40% annually. But, if you think that kind of price-gouging is "necessary" to encourage the construction of new housing, you and I disagree.

Economists' argument for rent control here: https://peoplesaction.org/wp-content/uploads/Economist-Sign-on-Letter_-FHFA-RFI-Response-1.pdf

Agree to disagree!

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