Contribute to this campaign: Join the Tenants Union!
The Tenants Union is on the move, organizing tenants in Washington State for housing justice. We're winning important victories, but we're limited by our financial resources. Help build the movement to protect and expand tenants rights and make the promise of safe, healthy, affordable housing a reality:
How to Get Help from the Tenants Union
The TU is happy to announce the re-opening of our walk-in education services for tenants in King County beginning Monday, October 12, 2009! In addition, King County tenants can still call our telephone hotline: 206-723-0500
Please note that our hours have changed:
- Walk-in and hotline services are available Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 3-6pm. For walk-in service, please arrive by 5:30 pm.
- The hotline service is also available on Tuesdays from 10am-2pm. No walk in service is available during this time.
- Current TU members may still leave messages at our member call back voicemail box, calls are usually returned within 2 weeks.
If you are trained in landlord-tenant law and would like to volunteer with the Tenants Union, please call the TU at 206-722-6848, ext 109.
If you live outside King County and have a question about your rights as a tenant, please call the CLEAR line at 1-888-201-1014.
Tenants Rights Information Online
We provide information online about many of the most-frequently asked tenants rights questions.
Browse through our Know Your Rights section to learn more about what your rights are and how to enforce them.
The Tenants Union Education Program
The Tenants’ Union Education Program helps tenants to get the knowledge and skills to keep themselves and their families safely housed. Tenants in Washington have no government agency to rely on to enforce the laws; instead “self-help” remedies are written into the law for tenants to enforce ourselves. The TU provides empowerment-based education and assistance to help tenants learn their rights and take action to resolve housing problems.
The hotline is now only one part of a program that also includes 1-on-1 tenant counseling, an award winning website and workshops and services in multiple languages to serve a diverse community. Trained non-attorney staff and volunteers listen to tenants concerns, ask questions to draw out key information and then identify the legal issues facing the tenants. Counselors then describe or show tenants the laws, explain the options and help tenants take the action necessary to resolve their housing crisis safely.
Additional Information:- How to Get Help from the Tenants Union:
Hours the hotline is available, and how to make an appointment for an in-person consultation.
- Tenants Rights Information Online:
We provide information online about many of the most-frequently asked tenants rights questions. Browse through our Know Your Rights section to learn more about what your rights are and how to enforce them.
- The Tenants Union Education Program: