Collective Campaigns

The fund is stocked: court accompaniment (nobody stands in front of a judge alone), emergency rent bridges, and moving help as the last resort. One eviction on this corridor is everyone's business — a filing anywhere is an alarm bell everywhere. Ping #rapid-response the moment a notice appears on any door.

Demand

$2,000 standing fund for eviction defense.

Value to counterparty

Court accompaniment, emergency rent bridges, moving help.

Alternatives (BATNA)

Tenants facing eviction alone with no organized support.

Four Saturdays at the community room: (1) reading your lease like a lawyer, (2) repairs, rent escrow, and the conditions file, (3) getting your security deposit back, (4) what to do — and who to call — if an eviction notice appears. Free, childcare on site, flyers in English and Spanish. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.

Demand

40 corridor tenants through 4 workshops.

Value to counterparty

Free, childcare on site, bilingual flyers.

Alternatives (BATNA)

Tenants navigate lease/eviction issues alone and uninformed.

Three weeks without reliable hot water on floors 3-5. The written demand went to management with a 14-day repair deadline — the clock is running, and the association has authorized an escrow if it lapses. What we need now: every affected unit's outage log in the conditions file and every affected tenant's signature. Landlords count on us being unorganized. We're not.

Demand

All 6 affected units documented + signed onto the written demand.

Value to counterparty

Association-authorized escrow if the 14-day repair deadline lapses.

Alternatives (BATNA)

Individual complaints get dismissed as isolated incidents.