Valley Tenants Union (formerly Worried About Rent)

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We organize with tenants in the Valley of the Sun to build tenant power!

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Mission Statement
We are Valley Tenants Union (VTU), a tenant organizing group combatting deep-rooted racial and economic exploitation in Maricopa County, which now manifests as gentrification and displacement, by building solidarity with our neighbors. We organize autonomous tenant unions because the only way we can guarantee safe housing for all is by standing up together.

- We are an organization made up of tenants and for tenants, to fight for the right to housing and the right to remain in the Valley.

- We fight for a world without landlords and rent. We fight to build tenant power to end the immiseration of the poor and working classes that rent-seeking represents under capitalism and to contribute to the struggle to end capitalism itself.

- We fight for tenants, not for housing. We recognize that this is a crisis of tenancy, a crisis of our place in the overall system of social reproduction. Calling this a housing crisis benefits those who design, build, and profit from housing, not the people who live in it. Tenants are full political subjects who will not be liberated by secure housing alone.

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Visit our page at: https://worriedaboutrent.com/get-involved or follow us on social media @worriedaboutrent on Instagram, @worriedabtrent on Twitter and on facebook.com/worriedaboutrent.

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VTU Monthly Dues

VTU highly encourages all members to pay dues to sustain the tenants union. Dues are sliding scale, starting at $1. We ask that members be consider... Read more

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VTU highly encourages all members to pay dues to sustain the tenants union. Dues are sliding scale, starting at $1. We ask that members be consider... Read more

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Tenant's Rights Zine

This zine is intended to make information about tenants' rights in Maricopa County accessible and...

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VTU Monthly Dues

$180 USD

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$100 USD

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$70 USD

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$60 USD

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VTU Monthly Dues

$50 USD

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VTU Monthly Dues

$30 USD

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$20 USD

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VTU Monthly Dues

$20 USD

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VTU One-Time Dues

$20 USD

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Today’s balance

$493.98 USD

Total raised

$651.58 USD

Total disbursed

$157.60 USD

Estimated annual budget

$1,756.77 USD

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News from Valley Tenants Union (formerly Worried About Rent)

Updates on our activities and progress.

WAR 2022 update!

In 2022, we focused on organizing, political education, skill-sharing, connecting with autonomous tenant unions across the nation and supported tenants in their fight against displacement and evictions. We will continue these efforts into t...

Published on December 14, 2022 by CN

What we're up to!

The funding we've received has helped us print and hand out these know your rights zines to tenants through Phoenix. We've al...

Published on December 10, 2021 by Wil M