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Inclusionary Zoning at risk of repeal

February 23, 2026 Update: The City of Albany has proposed a reform…

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Happy 1 year anniversary to the Ida Yarbrough Tena

Happy 1 year anniversary to the Ida Yarbrough Tenants Union ❤️ In one year, these fierce tenants won all sixteen demands that they brought to management. Let us celebrate IYTU as a shining example of tenants fighting for safe, dignified, and affordable housing 🎂🥳🎉

Hinckel United Tenants Union held a protest out fr

Hinckel United Tenants Union held a protest out front of Albany Management Group's office to demand the landlord negotiate with their super-majority union. During the protest, owner Patrick Chiou made sure to drive by, snap a couple of pictures of his tenants demanding fair treatment, and laugh in their faces (see the last picture). These tenants are fighting for warm apartments, free of infestations, among 14 other demands - and their landlord, who refuses to meet with them, can only show face to mock them and speed off!

Today the Thurlow Terrace Tenants Union launched t

Today the Thurlow Terrace Tenants Union launched to demand Capital District Apartments, LLC address persistent safety and security concerns, mismanagement and neglect, maintenance disrepair and utility failures, poor air quality and pest infestations, and more. 60% of the building's 137 low-income elderly and disabled households have thus far joined the union!

We just finished our annual report! Consider this

We just finished our annual report! Consider this a highlight reel / shorter version that the full report, which can be found on our website. Shout out to our small but mighty team which has achieved so much under such complicated conditions, and shout out to the community (i.e. YOU) for all of your support throughout 2025, before, and beyond!

Great news! All "round up" donations made while sh

Great news! All "round up" donations made while shopping at Honest Weight in the month of January will be split between UTA and Family Promise. When you're checking out, just notify the cashier that you'd like to round up, and whatever amount of money remaining before the nearest dollar will be donated! This is a great way to support both your local co-op and local community based organizations! Thanks Honest Weight!

Today the Hinckel United Tenants Union launched to

Today the Hinckel United Tenants Union launched to demand Albany Management Group and Patrick Chiou address tenants' safety concerns and begin negotiations with the Union. Faulty heat, unsanitary common areas, shared metering, dark hallways, and structural deficiencies are putting tenants at risk. HUTU represents over 75% of the property and is here to fight! Shout out to @councilman_sergioadams for giving an excellent speech on holding these landlords accountable! An additional thanks for members of the Amsdell Tenants Union, Ida Yarbrough Tenants Union, @capitaldistrictdsa, and @amromero109 's office for being there to support our neighbors!

Tonight, the Albany Common Council Planning Commit

Tonight, the Albany Common Council Planning Committee will review the two amendments to the Inclusionary Zoning ordinance. One version was rushed through with no notice; one version was crafted through conversations with tenants, council members, and advocates. One version completely overrides the purpose of inclusionary zoning; one version ensures inclusionary zoning remains something developers must contend with.

If you're available tonight, please come to the Planning Committee and let the Council know which version you support and why! If you aren't free, please make sure you contact your Council Member ❤️

In a last minute backroom deal cooked up this week

In a last minute backroom deal cooked up this weekend, the Mayor's office whipped 9 Common Council Members to support an initiative to overturn our local affordable housing ordinance that took years of research and conversation to win.

The proposal does two things:
1. Raise the income level that inclusionary zoning serves from low-income to median income.
2. Grant developers a buyout mechanism so that they don't have to build any working class housing.

These changes are a big deal. Developers could pay their way out of providing low-income housing for as little as $5,000 per unit, assuming they'd even need to, since rents would be higher than $2,000 per month under this "affordability" rubric.

Developers already get hundreds-of-thousands of dollars from tax-payer subsidies, and now we're giving them a cheap 'out' at low-income tenants' expense.

But the deal's not done. We're working to make sure tenants are prioritized, that these rollbacks don't go through as planned, and that we are heard! They will have to hear from you before they go forward with a vote. Please make sure you go to the December 1 Common Council meeting and let them know you don't support developer handouts!

We'll keep you in the loop moving forward.

Do you want to learn how to build power in your ap

Do you want to learn how to build power in your apartment building? Are you sick of landlords profiting off your rent and stress? Do you believe a better world is possible?

Then come on out to our Tenant Union Organizing Training 102 at the Albany Public Library on December 6. You can RSVP at the link in our bio (or DM us if that's too confusing)! If you missed 101, we'll have a brief review of door-knocking, the organizing conversation, inoculation and retaliation. During this session we'll do a deeper dive on some of those topics, leadership identification & development, tenant union structures, and how to run a good meeting! Hope to see you soon :)

Albany tenants are winning! Yesterday, the Amsdel

Albany tenants are winning!

Yesterday, the Amsdell Tenants Union steering committee sat down with the landlord/owner Sam Dean & property manager of The Amsdell. The tenants brought 16 demands to the table, and ownership agreed to 14 of the demands (!), including commitments to functional sprinkler systems, repaired elevators, better ventilation in units and common areas, pest control, sound security, and heightened privacy.

Demands the tenants are awaiting responses on include: rent abatements until advertised amenities are materialized and air & water testing. The landlord has been given a timetable to bring responses back to the tenant union.

We want to send big congratulations to the Amsdell Tenants Union and its fierce steering committee - Here's to many more victories in this fight!

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