Tenants bill of rights

Spoke in strong support, sharing personal experience with housing instability and landlord retaliation.

Described repeated landlord problems — refused deposits, retaliation, a 20% rent hike — and urged stronger tenant protections while supporting the ordinance.

Described a failed building inspection where he was too afraid of retaliation to use his escrow rights, and urged a yes vote on the organizing ordinance.

Speaking for the Ann Arbor Tenants Union, noted no Michigan city has a tenants' right to organize law and described intimidation of tenant organizers.

A Ward 4 council candidate described his own rental problems and urged passage of the tenants union's right-to-organize as the first tenants' bill of rights item.