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inudd t1_itsxyui wrote

Reminder to join the Richmond Tenants Union

We have power in numbers!

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Fit-Order-9468 t1_itvzv4x wrote

Their proposal, as I saw referenced in their most recent news item, is quite bad. Rent control discourages migration. This only makes the intense segregation in RVA worse by freezing out new tenants.

Their apparent opposition to development is quite confusing in this regard as well; to desegregate Monument avenue to match the diversity of the city as a whole would require the POC population to more than double. There's not enough housing to do that without displacement.

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opienandm t1_itxmanr wrote

I can see the downvotes coming, and I understand what you’re saying. But it’s a tough sell to convince the “hungry” that tactics aligned with “eating the rich” are not going to work.

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Fit-Order-9468 t1_itxmxae wrote

It’s not clear to me how the rich are being eaten. What the union is saying sounds a lot like what wealthy homeowners want but with a socialist spin.

I care about reality but unfortunately most people don’t. The union needs to make a decision; are they about improving the lives of renters or are they about rhetoric people want to hear. It seems like the latter in which case they are, unfortunately, useless.

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