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(en) US, Seattle Solidarity Network* - Victory: solidarity makes slumlord drop bogus fees
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Sat, 23 Jan 2021 10:21:48 +0200
Seattle Solidarity Network had a busy 2020, and it was wonderful to cap the year
off with a win. At the end of last year, we were approached by a young family who
had been living in an apartment in White Center. They had recently moved out but
were told by the property manager that they would owe several thousand dollars of
bogus fees in excess of their security deposit. About a year ago, we delivered
our demand that these fees get dropped. ---- We had other fights going on at the
time, and we still do, but what we didn't anticipate would be the impact Covid-19
would have on all of our fights. Just as we were preparing to move from postering
and tenant outreach into physical protests at the landlord's offices, virus
restrictions made that next to impossible. Though there was a short period of
little action as we adapted to new realities, we are happy to announce that after
some months of creative new strategies we have succeeded and the fees are rescinded!
The landlord in question was also the owner of the property management company,
which owns a couple dozen large apartment buildings in Washington, Oregon, and
California. The landlord and his family live near San Jose, with only some
leasing offices in the local area. We planned initially to follow up our posters
at different apartment buildings with demonstrations at leasing offices, but
Covid made this impractical. Thus, we found ways to put pressure directly on the
owners.
We expanded our postering a bit, then we began a "slow-roll" phone zap. Every
week a couple organizers contacted their phone tree list to encourage texts and
calls towards the owner's cell phone asking them to drop the fees. This was
repeated week after week, with a rotating handful of members being asked each
time. After some time, we prepared to put pressure on the owner's gated community
neighborhood, sending letters to neighbors exposing the situation. This was
planned to be followed by posters and, pending contacts in the area, more actions
in that neighborhood. However, soon after the letters were sent, we received word
that the landlord had enough.
When we have each other's backs and put up a smart, sustained fight, we win!
* SeaSol is based on the principles of anarcho-syndicalism. People of all
political affiliations are welcome to participate. We are anti-authoritarian and
anti-capitalist.
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