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Building Tenant Power for the Long Haul: A Story from Long Beach, California

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Vyacheslav Dumchev on istock This is the second article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Long Beach is among the nation’s most ethnically diverse cities. In Long Beach, CA, Latinx renters face increasing threats of gentrification and displacement.

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Holding Our Ground: Tenant Organizing in San Francisco’s Mission District

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Kenny Eliason on unsplash.com This is the fifth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. The law was meant to allow landlords to retire from the rental business, not to evict tenants and flip property, but abuses are common.

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