Our mission is to transform unjust housing policies, discriminatory practices, and inequitable development schemes by engaging in strategies that create permanently affordable housing, advance tenant rights, expand housing security, and uphold equitable housing patterns and land use planning.
The Slumlord Vampires Keep Sucking Away Your Money
The spooky season is upon us! This means that we’re in the midst of budget season. But will our public officials give us what we need? Or will they be serving horrific tricks? Join the movement for tenants’ rights because at the end of the day, affordable housing is a right, not a treat.
“Let Us Not Forget” Vigil
The 7th Annual “Let Us Not Forget” vigil is taking place at 700 Elysian Fields Avenue (Washington Square) on Sunday, October 111This has been updated from the print version, due to weather at 3 p.m. This event memorializes and humanizes unhoused members of our community who our city, state, and federal government ignore. Loved ones, friends, and community members of both unhoused and formerly unhoused folks will read eulogies about these individuals. Mortality rates of unhoused individuals are roughly 3.5 times that of housed individuals. While this vigil is not political in a traditional sense, the organizers are keenly aware that demanding basic human rights, food, shelter, and dignified sanitation has become “political” in this current era. Given HB 211’s passage, Gov. Landry’s authoritarian push to take resources from traditional homeless service providers, and the Super Bowl debacle where he gave resources to mysterious and untested entities not connected to our parish, it has become abundantly clear that our state government doesn’t care about homeless individuals. Let’s reverse course and fight for a better world that supports all, but on October 4 we’ll pray, meditate, and collectively reflect on the lives of our unhoused neighbors and loved ones whose lives ended before they should have. See you at the vigil!
Right to Counsel Budget Madness Continues!
As you know, the City shorted the Right to Counsel budget two years in a row. The membership of Jane Place, the New Orleans Renters Rights Assembly (RRA), and Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center are calling on the City to stop the madness and properly fund this program to protect renters. There’s a sign-on letter that you can find at Jane Place’s Linktree (linktr.ee/JanePlaceCLT) if you or an organization you belong to want to sign on to protect tenant rights!
At this moment, we’re deeply concerned that the City will only include $1.3 million for Right to Counsel. The program needs to be funded at $2.5 million. Anything less prevents ALL of our residents (you, me, and others) from accessing this critical right. Go to Jane Place’s Linktree to read the letter, get your organization to sign on, and take other actions shared in our posts. You never know when you might need a Right to Counsel attorney, so protect this right you have now before it disappers!
6th Annual Slumlord Monster Mash Party and Parade
What’s spookier than a vampire? An unannounced visit from your landlord! Join the New Orleans Renters Rights Assembly on Saturday, October 24 at 5 p.m. on the Moonwalk for a creepy evening of roasting our city’s worst slumlords. This event starts with a small rally and a “parade” bar hop around the corner. We’ll stop at the creepiest locations of some of the worst ghouls in our city. We’ll end the parade just in time to watch the Krewe of BOO! parade.
Costume Contests for the following categories:
- Best Slumlord Drag (get inspo from “Bad Landlords Nola“)
- Best Pest (think sexy rat or gorgeous cockroach. Maybe a vibracious mold spore?)
- Best Broken Appliance (who needs AC in August?)
There will be food, beverages, and more! Message RRA at info@nolarra.org or go to their Instagram (@nolarentersrightsassembly) to get more info!
Upcoming Fun Events, Workshops, and How to Connect
Wanna get involved? Get informed? Join us at these events!
New Orleans Renters Rights Assembly (and Renters’ Rights Legal Clinic)
Thursday 10/1
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
First Grace UMC (entrance through back parking lot)
3401 Canal St.
Weekly Tenant Rights Clinic
(every Tuesday and Wednesday)
3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
200 S. Broad St. Ste. 204
(parking lot behind the building, enter from Cleveland Ave.)
7th Annual “Let Us Not Forget” Vigil
Sunday 10/112updated from the print version, due to weather
3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Meet at 700 Elysian Fields Ave. (Washington Square)
City Budget Hearing: Office of Community Development (Right to Counsel)
Thursday 10/8
8:30 a.m. Press Conference and Rally
9:30 a.m. Budget Discussion and Meeting
City Council Chambers
1300 Perdido St.
National Day of Action on Homelessness
Wednesday 10/21
Time and location to be announced (check out the RRA social media in mid-October: @nolarentersrightsassembly)
6th Annual Slumlord Monster Mash Party and Parade
Saturday 10/24
5 p.m.
Meet on the Moonwalk at the Steps to the river.
For more information, go to jpnsi.org or @janeplace_communitylandtrust on Instagram, visit linktr.ee/JanePlaceCLT, email frank@jpnsi.org, or text UPDATES to (504) 517-5470 with your name and the event you have interest in.
