Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 15, 2024 at 3:26 PM

More Perfect Union: Here’s why your Uber is more expensive

Watch this new video! Hi John, Check out this new video from More Perfect Union about our research on why the cost of an Uber ride has gone up, and where that money is really going. Earlier this year we released a report debunking Uber’s claim that raising driver pay would increase passengers fare…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

April 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM

🌔 The 2044 solar eclipse, our vision for the future, and the fights that get us there

View this email in your web browser  Dear John,  Earlier this month, people from southern Texas all the way to northern Maine looked up at the sky together to glimpse a once-in-a-generation solar event. For a few hours, we collectively witnessed a force far outside of human control, so powerful tha…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

April 23, 2024 at 4:14 PM

🌱 Housing lessons from Vienna & Berlin

Photos and highlights from our trip! Hi John,  We’re back from Vienna and Berlin! Last week we brought together housing organizers and elected leaders from California, Seattle, Nashville, Colorado, Philly, Chicago, and Boston on a trip to study community-controlled housing models. We met with elect…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

April 17, 2024 at 4:04 PM

What can Vienna and Berlin teach us about community-controlled housing?

Photos & video from Day 1 of our trip! Hi John, PowerSwitch is in Vienna, Austria! We brought together a group of housing organizers and elected leaders from across the US to travel to Vienna and Berlin to learn about community-controlled housing.  We’re here to study other housing models, take…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

March 28, 2024 at 6:49 PM

Challenging corporate power from Pittsburgh to Kansas City to Oakland

Exposing how corporations buy, bully, and bamboozle to get their way Dear John,  You might have seen our video from earlier this month that exposes Uber’s greedy and duplicitous tactics. It unpacks our latest research revealing how Uber has been jacking up the cost of rides, taking a bigger cut of …

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  PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

March 21, 2024 at 3:00 PM

What It Means (and What It Will Take) to Build a Feminist Economy

“The feminist economy urges us to re-examine how we think about what we need to survive and relate to each other.”What It Means (and What It Will Take) to Build a Feminist Economy Lauren Jacobs and Cindy Wiesner explore the connections between US-based and global movements, the conditions and experi…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

March 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM

NEW: “Dot’s Home” featured on Marketplace Morning Report!

Listen to the two-part broadcast Hi John,  I’m excited to share that the videogame “Dot’s Home” and its stage adaptation “Dot’s Home Live” were just featured in a two-part radio broadcast on NPR’s Marketplace! You can listen to Part 1 about the videogame and Part 2 about the production.   Dot’s Hom…

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  Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

March 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM

Greed and gaslighting: new research debunks Uber’s favorite scare tactic

Dear John, Why has the price of an Uber ride shot up? Our new research reveals a story of gaslighting and corporate greed that squeezes drivers and riders alike, while funneling our money to banks and billionaires. We’ve been organizing alongside rideshare driver groups across the country who are …

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

February 28, 2024 at 8:18 PM

PowerSwitch Action's February Newsletter

How worker organizing can transform our economy, democracy, and society Dear John,  Last month I shared some guiding questions to help us think about and plan for the year ahead. Another question on my mind is how we construct a shared “we” that is multiracial, feminist, and devoted to the common g…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

January 31, 2024 at 8:12 PM

PowerSwitch Action's January 2024 Newsletter

3 questions to guide us through this year and beyond Dear John,  As we transition into this new year, I am taking inspiration from the organizers, renters, and working people across the country who are already strategizing and winning big for our communities. From climate demands in New York to wag…

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  Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

December 18, 2023 at 4:31 PM

ICYMI: Chicago rideshare drivers deliver lumps of coal and demands to Uber HQ

Dear John,  Last week, we joined Uber and Lyft drivers with Chicago Gig Alliance (CGA) at one of Uber’s Chicago hubs to unveil a “Naughty or Nice” list, put coal in Uber’s stocking, and demand fair pay, safety on the job, and an end to unfair deactivations.  After singing some cheeky carols toget…

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  Lauren Jacobs & Kyra R Greene, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

December 13, 2023 at 8:44 PM

A lookback on 2023

It’s been a year of leveling up ⚡️ Dear John,   As 2023 comes to an end, we’re reflecting back on a year of grief and joy, struggles and victories. While many of us have felt the weight and toll of this year, there have been many moments of solidarity, of collective action, of fighting and demandin…

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  Jahmese Myres, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

December 6, 2023 at 6:00 PM

What it means to build a leaderful movement

Dear John,  I'm Jahmese Myres, the Leadership Development Director at PowerSwitch Action. I’m writing to you from the San Damiano Retreat Center in Danville, CA, where we're in the middle of our network’s 9th Transformational Leadership Retreat! During this period of connection, reflection, and fo…

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  Elly Matsumura, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

November 30, 2023 at 6:00 PM

CASE STUDY: Four lessons for weaving alliances that build long term power

Dear John, My name’s Elly and I’m the California Director here at PowerSwitch Action. I’ve been helping to build worker and community power for two decades now, and lately I’ve been thinking about how our short term fights can advance long term transformation.   Since I joined the network in 2005,…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

November 28, 2023 at 8:27 PM

PowerSwitch Action's November Newsletter

Dear John, As election results have rolled in over the past few weeks, I’ve been particularly excited about a few victories that help to build community power, rewrite the rules of our economy, and expand our democracy:In Ohio, citizens voted to enshrine the right to abortion in their state consti…

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  PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

November 1, 2023 at 2:17 PM

We stand with the people of Palestine

Dear John,  PowerSwitch Action stands firmly in solidarity with the people of Gaza and their inalienable human rights to safety, dignity, and peace. We mourn the lives of the Israeli citizens murdered in early October. The memory of all those who have lost their lives demands that we speak up for …

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

October 30, 2023 at 7:00 PM

PowerSwitch Action's October Newsletter

Dear John,  This month, we're spotlighting how local communities across the US are rising up against state bans that are driven by corporate interests. Take Colorado and Missouri for example, where renters and working folks are fighting for local policies to limit unfair rent hikes and ensure peop…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

September 27, 2023 at 7:33 PM

PowerSwitch Action's September Newsletter

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general announced their landmark anti-monopoly lawsuit against Amazon. This step towards reining in corporate power has been years in the making, and is an opportunity to truly hold Amazon accountable to workers, communities, and our p…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

August 30, 2023 at 7:01 PM

PowerSwitch Action's August Newsletter

We are mourning the lives of Angela Michelle Carr, Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre Jr., and Jerrald De'Shaun Gallion—three Black people who were murdered while going about their daily lives in Jacksonville, Florida this past Saturday. Racist rhetoric, hate, and attacks on Black people, communities, and…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

August 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM

How to make rent stabilization happen in your city

Hi John,  We just released a new guide on how to create a rent stabilization policy – check it out!  Across the country, renters and families are grappling with the harm caused by greedy corporate landlords and a housing system where the cards are stacked against them. Fortunately, as people and g…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

July 26, 2023 at 7:01 PM

PowerSwitch Action's July Newsletter

Dear John,  Things are heating up with #HotStrikeSummer! I’m so energized by the solidarity and action that we’re seeing across industries—from writers, hospitality workers, and Starbucks baristas to Uber drivers, UPS Teamsters, and flight attendants. I’m also reminded of the power of local organiz…

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  Jeff Barrera, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

July 13, 2023 at 1:00 PM

PowerSwitch @ Netroots: We’re talking app worker organizing, utility justice & more!

Hi John,  We’re here in Chicago for the Netroots Nation conference! Let us know if you’re here, come say hi, and stop by one (or all!) of our events.  Staff from the PowerSwitch Action national team and from across our network are moderating and speaking on a range of fascinating panels. Check them…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

July 10, 2023 at 9:13 PM

‘Dot’s Home Live’ Premiered in Detroit!

Hi John,  Last week, Dot’s Home Live—an interactive performance adapted from the award-winning video game Dot’s Home—made its theatrical debut in Detroit, MI. Community members, organizers, and artists came together to tell the story of Dot Hawkins, a young Black woman living in Detroit who travels…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

June 28, 2023 at 7:18 PM

PowerSwitch Action's June Newsletter

Dear John, The start of summer always brings a certain excitement and energy for what’s ahead: what plans can we make, where can we go, and what can we do? It’s a time of possibility, and the same is true for our work. Summer is when we imagine what is possible, and then make it happen. This summer…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

June 23, 2023 at 4:42 PM

Colorado renters hosted their own award ceremony for Denver landlords

Hi John, And the award goes to… Corporate Greed!  Last night, the Apartment Association of Metro Denver gathered landlords and board members for cocktails, a banquet dinner, and an awards ceremony. They patted themselves on the back after a busy year of lining their pockets and blocking policy prop…

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  Dieynabou Diallo, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

June 15, 2023 at 4:00 PM

Next week (6/20): Come learn how we can build an electric system that truly centers people and the planet

Hi John,  Next week I’ll be in conversation with organizers and leaders from across the country who are taking the fight to greedy private utilities, building the clean energy infrastructure we desperately need, and reimagining our electric system so that it actually works for everyday people.  Rig…

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  Dieynabou Diallo, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

June 1, 2023 at 3:23 PM

Our Energy Democracy Pop-Ed Toolkit is now live!

Hi John,  We’re excited to announce the release of our Energy Democracy Popular Education (Pop-Ed) Toolkit! It includes educational videos, factsheets, and a slidedeck designed to help organizers, community members, and grassroots groups align around and advance a common goal: winning renewable, a…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 30, 2023 at 8:00 PM

PowerSwitch Action's May Newsletter

Dear John, Over the past few weeks, teachers, writers, rideshare drivers, and folks across industries have been organizing and demanding better pay, fair working conditions, and a future of work that is greater than anything we’ve ever had before: one where power rests firmly in the hands of workin…

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  Jessie Vollmer, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 26, 2023 at 3:01 PM

NEW REPORT: Corporations are Driving State Bans in TN and Across the Country

Hi John,  Across the country, corporations are pressuring state lawmakers to rig the rules so they can continue to exploit our communities for profit. How are they doing it? Corporations use their money and power to drive statewide bans on local policymaking so we can’t work together to care for ou…

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  Jessie Vollmer, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 18, 2023 at 6:31 PM

Corporate Landlords Killed Rent Control in Colorado

Here's what happened...Hi John, Corporate landlords in Colorado shot down a law that could have stopped huge rent hikes. Here’s what happened — and how this is part of a dangerous trend across the country. Watch and share our video explaining what happened in CO and how this is part of a larger tre…

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  Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 11, 2023 at 8:00 PM

WHAT JUST HAPPENED: Uber Drivers Are Making History

Hi John, Over the last two weeks, Uber drivers have made history in their fight for safer working conditions.  Uber drivers are building momentum to end the safety crisis they are facing. From organizing across the country in a coordinated national day of action to speaking out at Uber’s annual sha…

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  Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 8, 2023 at 2:04 PM

TODAY: Drivers take the fight to Uber’s shareholder meeting

Dear John, Today, Uber drivers will make history at Uber’s annual shareholder meeting. Uber is planning to celebrate record revenue – all while their business model continues to create a safety crisis for the drivers who generate that revenue.  But Uber drivers will be represented at Uber’s shareho…

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  Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 5, 2023 at 7:13 PM

ON THE GROUND: Uber drivers unite from coast to coast [Photos]

Dear John,  Yesterday, Uber drivers across the country united in coordinated action for fair pay, safer working conditions, and an end to unfair deactivations. Just days before Uber’s annual shareholder meeting, drivers called out how Uber’s unfair pay and termination practices push drivers into da…

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  Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 1, 2023 at 5:15 PM

BREAKING: Uber and Lyft drivers are being murdered on the job

We need #GigSafetyNowDear John, 2022 may have been the deadliest year on record for app workers like Uber and Lyft drivers.  It’s heartbreaking, and it’s unacceptable.   New research released today from Gig Workers Rising, the Action Center on Race and the Economy, and PowerSwitch Action finds that…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

April 26, 2023 at 7:30 PM

PowerSwitch Action's April Newsletter

Dear John,  Tennessee has been in the news a lot over the past few weeks, with each new headline bringing a whirlwind of emotion. From grief and anger following the Nashville school shooting, to outrage and disbelief after Reps. Pearson and Jones were expelled from the Tennessee House for protestin…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

March 29, 2023 at 8:01 PM

PowerSwitch Action's March Newsletter

Dear John, As we celebrate Women’s History Month, I’m thinking about the leaders and victories that have gotten us to where we are today, the fights we’re facing in this moment, and what our movements need in order to win the world we want to see.  In the past few weeks and months we’ve witnessed a…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

February 27, 2023 at 6:00 PM

PowerSwitch Action's February Newsletter

Dear John, This Black History/Black Futures Month I’ve been thinking about who our government is meant to serve, and what our future could look like with people and community needs at the center.  I say that because we live in a system that is not designed for everyday people. We are shadowed by ce…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

February 7, 2023 at 4:30 PM

BIG NEWS: Missouri Workers Center joins PowerSwitch Action

Learn more about our new affiliate!Dear John,  I am incredibly excited to announce that Missouri Workers Center has joined our network! Please join me in welcoming our new affiliate, who is seeding deep and meaningful relationships among workers, engaging in powerful local organizing, and building …

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

January 25, 2023 at 8:00 PM

PowerSwitch Action's January Newsletter

Five predictions and opportunities to advance justice in the year ahead Once again, our communities are reeling from the shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, California. Our hearts are with the people whose lives have been lost, the people and families who are injured and traumatized, and…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

December 20, 2022 at 5:03 PM

Looking back at 2022

This year, people across the country have faced big fights not with exhaustion or resignation, but with action.Hi John,  As 2022 comes to a close, I’m reflecting on these past months. This has been yet another trying year for our communities, particularly for underpaid workers, people of color, and…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

November 30, 2022 at 7:11 PM

PowerSwitch Action's November Newsletter

Hi John, As the dust starts to settle from the elections earlier this month, my feelings are still a bit mixed, as I'm sure is the case for many of you. But I’m a glass-half-full kind of person, and I am both inspired by and reminded of the power of deep and sustained local organizing.  Across the …

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  Zoila via PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

November 22, 2022 at 5:01 PM

We’re fighting for stronger rent control in Santa Barbara

Dear John, My name is Zoila Cabrera and I live in Santa Barbara, where I’ve been advocating for renters like myself for over two decades. Now I’m organizing with Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE), an affiliate of PowerSwitch Action, to win meaningful protections for re…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

October 26, 2022 at 7:42 PM

PowerSwitch Action's October Newsletter

Hi John, I’m excited to share a new four-part mini-series on power building that I am co-hosting with Steven Pitts on his podcast “Black Work Talk.”   In our first episode we spoke with organizer and writer Linda Burnham, who talked about building power beyond elections to win meaningful change. Am…

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  Vincent =?iso-8859-1?q?Acu=F1a=2C?= PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

October 17, 2022 at 8:38 PM

ICYMI: Amazon workers went on strike in San Bernardino

Highlights from the picket lineDear John, On Friday, Amazon workers at the KSBD air hub in San Bernardino went on strike to protest unfair labor practices! The workers, known as Inland Empire Amazon Workers United (IEAWU), have been organizing for over a year to improve their jobs. I joined IEAWU o…

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  Ricardo via PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

October 11, 2022 at 4:54 PM

STRIKE ALERT: Amazon workers are striking this Friday (10/14)!

Time to #PayUpAmazonDear John,  My name is Ricardo Perez and I work at Amazon’s KSBD air hub in San Bernardino. My colleagues and I have been organizing with the support of Warehouse Worker Resource Center, an affiliate of PowerSwitch Action. I’m writing to let you know that we, Inland Empire Amazo…

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  Nate with PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

October 3, 2022 at 7:01 PM

How renters are standing up to corporate landlords in Nashville, TN

Dear John, My name is Nate Carter, I work with Stand Up Nashville and we’re an affiliate of PowerSwitch Action. Together we’re standing up to corporate landlords and developers who are displacing renters and families across our city.  One developer in particular, Cypress Real Estate Advisors (CREA)…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

September 29, 2022 at 12:29 AM

PowerSwitch Action's September Newsletter

Hi John, These past few weeks we have witnessed the power of direct actions, from nurses striking in Minnesota to Amazon workers walking out in San Bernardino to railroad workers organizing across the country.  I’ve been thinking about the purpose of actions like these. They can create a moment of …

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

September 14, 2022 at 5:58 PM

Teaching corporate landlords a lesson

Highlights from our DC rally...Hi John, Yesterday, renters and housing advocates from across the US came together in Washington, DC to call out the corporate landlords that have been jacking up rents and opposing tenant protections. Here are some of the highlights: The National Multifamily Housing …

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

September 13, 2022 at 3:52 PM

Happening now: We’re rallying in DC against corporate landlords fueling the housing crisis

We’re disrupting the landlord lobby's big annual conferenceHi John, Remember those corporate landlords fueling the housing crisis we emailed you about last week? Alongside renters from around the country, we’re disrupting their big annual conference right now. Together with the Action Center on Ra…

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  Catherine Foley, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

September 9, 2022 at 12:02 AM

Meet 6 of the most harmful corporate landlords in the U.S.

Dear John, Blackstone, Avalon Bay, Starwood — these aren’t names most people know, but they’re some of the most harmful landlord corporations in the US. Instagram  | Twitter  | Facebook  I live in New York City and I’ve had my fair share of unpleasant landlords (from withheld security deposits to u…

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