New Orleans Renters Rights Assembly

04/29/2026

Join New Orleans Renters Rights Assembly for our monthly meeting Thursday, May 7, 6-8 pm at First Grace Church (3401 Canal St)

There will be pizza and a housing attorney available to answer your questions

01/11/2026

Update: press conference is now at 12pm this Monday at Ms. Gloria’s garden. Please bring snacks and beverages to share!

01/09/2026

On Monday, January 5th, 2026 Ms. Gloria, a tenant of Artspace Bell School, received a 30 day notice to vacate despite Ms. Gloria’s prior requests to discuss the garden’s lease and its conditions with HRI Properties, the company that owns the property. This thriving community garden adjacent to the Artspace Apartments, where Ms. Gloria has been a tenant for several years, has been a place of joy, play, connection, education and growth for tenants, neighbors and community members of all ages. Feel free to share this post to spread the word, visit the change.org link in our bio to read more about the situation and sign the petition, or show up on Monday, January 12 at 10am at Ms. Gloria’s garden in-person to show support!

01/01/2026

Join Renters Rights Assembly for our monthly meeting on January 8 at 6PM in First Grace Church, 3401 Canal St.!

12/18/2025

12/18/2025

The Right to Counsel budget is in danger of being cut by 45%!

Under the current mayoral budget, the 2026 allocation for Right to Counsel is $1,302,653. In 2025 it was $2,392,500.00. That’s a gap of over one million dollars.

Eviction defense attorneys already have high caseloads, and cutting the budget by 45% will effectively eliminate Right to Counsel.

SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT VIA THE LINK IN OUR BIO

09/30/2025

The management continues to play games. So far we have seen and heard that:

- Allegedly, they or an entity onsite are attempting to rent out units as short-term rentals via other routes (such as corporate rental sites which we have the proof, but they took it down after we found out)

- Allegedly, they made some tenants sign NDAs to not talk with the media.

- Allegedly, they have refused to fix some working-class condo owners’ homes that have been gutted due to a faulty roof not allowing folks to move on.

- They continue the power imbalance by having a board that includes a friend of the developer, an employee of the management company of 1201 Canal Street and NOT full-time residents (condo owners or tenants). The developer owns 91 units and controls the board!

- Allegedly, tenants and working-class condo owners continue to be fined for speaking out, trying to throw their trash away on weekends in the trash chute, and much more!

The management, developer, and Bob Ellis lied to city council by saying that residents (condo owners and renters) supported the conversion of units to short-term rentals. If Councilmember King cares about his residents, then he would stand up for them by demanding that the management stop the games! Address the needs of condo owners under duress, protect the rights of renters to speak freely. The New Orleans Renters Rights Assembly is calling for city council to investigate the business practices of KFK Management, Ellie Khoury, the board at 1201 Canal Street (Wayne Hill, Lee Cuicchi and Bob Vaughn, and others) involved this project! The videos of how they speak to people living here are condescending. They make Trump look like an angel!

Join us this Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 6pm to 8pm for a special renters rights assembly where we will host candidates who are pro-housing justice. This is happening at First Grace United Methodist Church, 3401 Canal Street (entrance through back parking lot). Free dinner provided.

09/28/2025

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Too often we see well-heeled white people talk about self care as if it’s something just on the other side of some expensive skincare product or overpriced candle.

Self care as defined by Black feminist poet and activist Audre Lorde is nothing short of revolutionary ✊🏾. Self care is about taking care of oneself despite white supremacy’s attempts to break us down. Self care is about longevity so that we can continue in the struggle for our ultimate liberation. Self care is about making sure we have the things we need so that we can create community care. When you take care of yourself so that you can continue to take down systems of oppression, that is political warfare!



Image description: An image with a white and black background. On the left side is a photo of Audre Lorde. On the right side there are white quotation marks atop a black background with “Audre Lorde” below. The bottom half of the image has the following words: “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

09/27/2025

Join us this Thursday, October 2, 2025, 6:00 PM to 8:00pm at 3401 Canal Street, First Grace United Methodist Church for a candidate discussions with Matthew Willard, Kelsey Foster, Bob Murrell, and others!

Other candidates will be joining us as well! Come participate in small group discussions with some of the most progressive housing justice candidates. We will provide dinner and this is a child friendly event and fully ADA accessible location.

If you need a ride, please text 505-517-5470 before noon on October 2 and we will try our best to arrange one for you!