Tenants Together

What Tenants Together does

Tenants Together is a California nonprofit coalition founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of California renters to safe, decent, and affordable housing. The organization serves as the only statewide renters' rights coalition in California, reaching individual renters through know-your-rights educational resources, sample legal letters, a statewide tenant rights helpline, a statewide rent control map covering 39 cities, and a rent cap calculator operationalizing California's 5% plus CPI rent cap. It also works through a coalition of tenant union member organizations across Northern California, the Central Valley, and Southern California to build tenant unions and win local tenant protections.

The organization's core offerings are content and organizing services rather than technology products: educational guides covering rent increases, eviction protections, housing conditions, lease breaking, and security deposits; downloadable template letters; an interactive statewide rent control map; a zip-code-based rent cap calculator; a toll-free and text helpline; and guides for starting tenant unions. There is no proprietary technology platform underlying these offerings, and the organization is explicitly described as not being a technology company.

Tenants Together operates a nonprofit revenue model funded through donations and member organization dues, with all resources and services provided free of charge to California renters. The go-to-market motion is community-led, relying on a coalition of tenant union member organizations as distribution partners, direct outreach through the website and statewide helpline, grassroots organizing, and earned media engagement. The organization has 1-10 employees, including a Communications and Legislative Director, a Director of Resource Organizing and Organizational Development, and three regional coordinators, and it engages in policy advocacy at city, county, and state levels.

Name

Tenants Together

Legal name

Tenants Together

Website

https://tenantstogether.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tenants Together is a California nonprofit coalition founded in 2008 that provides tenant rights resources, a statewide helpline, and policy advocacy for California renters, operating through a member organization network spanning 39 cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tenant Rights Advocacy Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Tenant rights advocacy
• Rent control resources
• Tenant helpline services
• Housing policy advocacy
• Tenant union organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership: The organization funds its operations through donations and member organization dues. Services and resources are provided free of charge to California renters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tenants Together is a nonprofit statewide coalition that provides California renters with free tenant rights resources (know-your-rights guides, sample letters, rent control map, rent cap calculator), a statewide helpline for urgent tenant issues, and tenant union organizing support. The organization also conducts policy and legislative advocacy at the city, county, and state levels to advance tenant protections and affordable housing.

Product overview

Tenants Together is California's statewide renters' rights organization offering a comprehensive suite of tenant empowerment resources. The core offerings include the Know Your Rights educational resources covering rent increases, eviction protections, housing conditions, and lease issues; a Rent Control Map showing local tenant protections statewide; downloadable Sample Letters for asserting rights; a statewide helpline for urgent tenant issues; and guidance on forming tenant unions for collective organizing. The organization also engages in policy and advocacy work at city, county, and state levels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Know Your Rights Resources

Quantifiable outcome

• Organized in 39 California cities with active rent control protections supported by the organization.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tenant Union Member OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTenants Together operates as a coalition with tenant union member organizations across California. These member organizations collaborate on building tenant unions, winning local tenant protections, and growing the statewide movement for tenant rights.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Public Advocates: California public interest law and advocacy organization that litigates and lobbies on tenant protections, affordable housing, and anti-displacement policy — directly comparable mission and California-only scope.
• ACCE Institute: California-based tenant and community organizing coalition active in rent control, just-cause eviction, and affordable housing campaigns that frequently partners with or parallels Tenants Together's policy work statewide.
• Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco: San Francisco-based tenant rights organization providing counseling, know-your-rights education, and organizing on issues such as evictions and rent increases that directly overlap with Tenants Together's core use cases.
• Western Center on Law & Poverty: California legal advocacy organization focused on housing, tenant protections, and poverty law; frequently engages on AB 1482, rent control, and habitability issues that are central to Tenants Together's work.
• California Rural Legal Assistance: California legal services nonprofit providing direct representation on housing, habitability, and eviction issues — a comparable mission in tenant rights with overlapping California geography.
• Tenants Union (Washington State): Washington State-based tenant rights coalition that combines direct member services, know-your-rights resources, and policy advocacy — structurally and operationally the closest analog to Tenants Together in another state.
• Inner City Law Center: Los Angeles-based legal and organizing nonprofit focused on homelessness prevention and tenant protections, with comparable eviction defense and anti-displacement work in a major California rental market.

Broad incumbents

• National Housing Law Project: National housing law and policy organization that supports state and local tenant protection efforts including in California; broader national scope but directly overlapping policy and advocacy subject matter.
• Right to the City Alliance: National alliance of grassroots tenant, housing, and community organizations that builds coalition capacity for tenant rights campaigns — comparable organizing model at a national scale.
• National Low Income Housing Coalition: National advocacy organization focused on federal affordable housing and tenant policy; broader national scope but operates in the same policy and tenant-rights advocacy ecosystem as Tenants Together.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xinstagram.com/tenantstogether
• Instagraminstagram.com/tenantstogether
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tenants-together

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Investors

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M&A

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