Catch up on tenant power exercised across all North Carolina.
June 8, 2026
Durham Mother Sues Property Owner Over Son’s Death in Laundry Room
The lawsuit says Jason Pulliam died of heart failure after he became trapped in the laundry room of his mother’s downtown apartment building …
May 31, 2026
‘Messing with the weak’: Elderly tenants accuse Winston-Salem housing authority of intimidation (paywalled)
ASPIRE, Winston-Salem’s housing authority, has engaged in a campaign of intimidation to silence residents critical of its management and shut out advocacy groups working to help them, critics say …
April 29, 2026
Cosplay fashion show brings community together for a cause, celebrates ‘nerd culture’
Jen Hampton, who is with the Asheville Area Tenants Union, says a one-of-a-kind sci-fi cosplay fashion show is bringing Asheville’s creative community together for a cause …
April 29, 2026
Durham seniors moved in for community. Now they’ve organized a tenants union.
When Shelva Washington moved into Ashton Place two years ago, she thought she had found a sanctuary …
November 3, 2025
After tragedy, Willard St tenants win concessions in bid to make complex safer
It’s been almost a year since Debra Davies’s son, Jason Lamonté Pulliam, died in an incident in her apartment building in downtown Durham …
October 21, 2025
In Durham, tenants get new tool to fight landlords who won’t fix dangerous rentals
Cheers erupted Monday after the Durham City Council unanimously approved an amendment to the city’s housing code that prohibits landlord from collecting rent if a housing unit is found to be “imminently dangerous” to tenants’ health and safety …
August 21, 2025
At a press conference, tenants— some facing homelessness—called on landlords to return rent and security deposits and on local government to provide more relocation assistance …
April 4, 2025
The Climate Crisis Hits Tenants Hardest. They’re Fighting Back.
… Tenant-led organizations are also leveraging their power to collectively enforce the laws that do exist to protect tenants and demand more protections. In North Carolina, organizers advocated for an eviction moratorium for private-market tenants …
September 26, 2023
Rent is still set to increase for most residents following affordable housing nonprofit CASA’s purchase of the historic property last year with help from Wake County’s Affordable Housing Preservation Fund …
July 13, 2023
Fifty years on, Crystal Towers’ residents continue to fight for change
… 50 years later, the original idealistic dream of Crystal Towers is unrecognizable to its 196 residents. The world is different now: Poverty among the elderly is on the rise. The state of Crystal Towers’ facilities and its surrounding resources struggle to match the needs of the aging building’s population …
May 22, 2023
Advocates say NC bill will hurt tenants, and could financially benefit its primary sponsor
… Another element of the bill that impacts the landlord-tenant relationship touches on pet policies. This section makes up the bulk of the bill, and Winston-Salem grassroots organizer Sud Krishnamurthy says it hurts vulnerable tenants …
May 16, 2023
Renovations for Willie Davis Drive and Cleveland Avenue apartments in W-S approved by city council
Renovations for the apartments at Willie Davis Drive and Cleveland Avenue in Winston-Salem were approved by city council on Monday evening …