# The All-Chicago Tenant Alliance

> A tenant organization building durable, rent strike ready tenant unions across Chicago.


## Pages

- [Tenant Spring](https://chicagotenants.com/tenantspring/)
- [Links and Resources](https://chicagotenants.com/links-and-resources/): Links and Resources: Helpful links to Chicago tenant resources and organizations we work with across the city and the world. Belden Sawyer Tenant Association The tenants of the Belden Sawyer Tenant Association (BSTA) authorized the strike on the 23rd of February, giving their landlord, Drew Millard, one week to meet with them and negotiate a lease renewal. Drew “Millionaire” Millard has been under fire since he bought BSTA’s building, failing to make even the most basic repairs. On Christmas Eve, tenants were informed by email that they would have to be out of their long-time homes at the end of [&hellip;]
- [Rent Strike](https://chicagotenants.com/rent-strike/): A Rent Strike is a powerful economic action tenants can take by holding onto their rent, keeping it until landlords agree to a set of demands. The Rent Strike is the most powerful weapon available for tenants. The Rent Strike is not: The Rent Strike is: Frequently Asked Questions So I get to live in my apartment for free? No, you should save all of the money you would be paying for rent in case you are required to pay it back later. This rent is your leverage if the landlord thinks that money is long gone, he won&#8217;t want [&hellip;]
- [About ACTA](https://chicagotenants.com/about-acta/): The All-Chicago Tenant Alliance is an organization made up of Chicago tenants. Our aim is to build durable, rent strike ready, ideological tenant unions across the city of Chicago. This means building unions that believe in working class and tenant power and have the structure in place to use it. Because of this, popular education is central to our organizing method. This includes the understanding that everyone has something to teach and something to learn. We understand that every struggle for dignity and control over our labor is incomplete without control over our homes as well. We also see tenant [&hellip;]
- [Tenants Talk](https://chicagotenants.com/tenants-talk/): What is Tenants Talk ? Tenants Talk is a monthly tenant newspaper published by the All-Chicago Tenants Alliance which seeks to inspire growing tenant unions. The newspaper features important updates on Chicago tenants&#8217; struggle against their landlords. It also includes editorials and pieces about politics which concern the working class in Chicago. All recent editions of Tenants Talk also include a new Tenants Talk kids page each month with educational activities for children. We distribute print copies in buildings on the West Side, and upload the contents to our Substack. We also upload high resolution scans to Ko-fi.
- [The All-Chicago Tenant Alliance](https://chicagotenants.com/): Build a Chicago Tenant Union Organize your Building! Are you dealing with landlord neglect or abuse? Is your apartment falling apart as the rent keeps going higher? Do you have pests, mold, or leaks? Contact the All-Chicago Tenant Alliance and we&#8217;ll help you talk to your neighbors an put together a tenant union which can stand up against landlord neglect and abuse. Organize with ACTA The All-Chicago Tenant Alliance proactively seeks out buildings and tenants to form unions. We primarily organize on the West Side of Chicago in the neighborhoods of Austin, West Garfield, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, and Lawndale, [&hellip;]


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