RGB tenant member Adán Soltren said he was going to propose a rent rollback range of -2 to 0% but is instead doing a “vote of no confidence.”

He and the other tenant member, Genesis Aquino, walked out, along with hundreds of tenants

RGB CAMPAIGN LAUNCH!

Action kicks off TODAY with the preliminary vote in Queens. Join the march from Queens Plaza station at 5:15pm, or join the rally and protest at at 6pm at LaGuardia PAC on Van Dam St and 47th Ave. Follow or get in touch to stay up to date on future actions

Here’s what the room looked like after the tenant members walked out - meeting wrapped in largely empty auditorium

The board voted to consider raising rents between 2 and 4.5% on new one-year leases

And between 4 and 6.5% on new two-year leases

The final vote will come in June after a series of public hearings

HOPE is so proud to stand with our allies RentJusticeCoalition coalition at the Rent Guidelines Board preliminary vote! Mayor Eric Adams Adams and his #RGB can't hide from the tenants!! The people will be heard!!
#TheRentIsTooDamnHigh #RentRollbackNOW #NoRentHikes

HOPE members and tenants across NYC are marching on the #RGB preliminary vote to demand #NoMoreRentIncrease #RentRollbackNOW ! Any rent increase will see our neighbors evicted and THAT AIN'T RIGHT

THIS TUESDAY: we’re hosting a teach in at our offices about the RTC Campaign and how to do court watch! 🔍Come and learn about how we organize against evictions
#EvictionFreeNYC #DefendRTC

HOPE is standing tall with our allies Housing Justice For All today in Albany making sure our legislators know NO BUSINESS AS USUAL UNTIL TENANTS GET WHAT THEY WANT! Governor Kathy Hochul must fund tenant protections to keep us housed! #GoodCause #TOPA #SHDA #HAVP #TaxTheRichHouseThePoor

Tenants filling the halls of power chanting “Housing is a human right!”

W😮W! This is what tenant power looks like.

Today, 1,000+ tenants and homeless NYers are taking over the NY State Capitol to demand Albany pass #GoodCause eviction, #HAVP , and more!

No more waiting, tenants need housing justice now!

Today HOPE leaders were up in Albany with our allies Housing Justice For All NYCCLI fighting to pass #TOPA ! We've already put in the work organizing to take our buildings into our own hands and we need Albany's support to make cooperative ownership possible for communities across NY!

Tenants & housing justice activists are converging in Albany today to tell legislators we need #TOPA , the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act!

Follow our story through the #TOPA hashtag.

Learn more/take action at: nyccli.org/topa

It’s always beautiful to fight with tenants for transformative legislative solutions like the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act. If passed, #TOPA would preserve what’s left of our rent stabilized housing and allow tenants to collectively own their homes together.

Rutland Plaza Tenants' Association is standing strong and proud!
NYC Housing has recorded over 1000 violations in our buildings & the city is standing by while our landlord continues to exploit us! We're committed to organizing until we get all the repairs we need! #tenantpower

We need Mayor Eric Adams to stand up for tenants by holding his agencies NYC Housing & landlords accountable so tenants don't need to live in dangerous conditions anymore! We need leadership not just talk!

Thank you Monique Chandler-Waterman for joining in support of Rutland Plaza Tenants and their campaign for better conditions & to stop #renthikes ! We need our elected leaders to stand up for #tenantsrights & amplify our demand for management to meet with ALL tenants and hear our demands!

Rutland Plaza Tenants are out here w HOPE rallying for repairs and to be treated with dignity by their management! No more #Renthikes ! No more sewage leaks! We demand #justice !
Join us in calling on the city NYC Housing CM Darlene Mealy Mayor Eric Adams hold this landlord accountable!

Thank you Marcela Mitaynes 瑪切拉 米坦斯 & Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie 米维 for taking the lead in Albany to pass #TOPA in 2024!! We're demanding Governor Kathy Hochul put $250 mil in this year's budget to fund #communitycontrolledhousing

Join HOPE to learn more about your #TenantsRights & how you can take control!

HOPE members are part of the vast majority of New Yorkers (82%) who support passing #TOPA so we can have real affordable housing and fight displacement in our neighborhoods!

We are out here with Housing Justice For All Fifth Avenue Committee New Economy Project CUFFH NHN calling for the passage of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act in the New York state legislature! TOPA gives tenants a say when their landlords put their building up for sale!