Our Mission

Our Vision

Baltimore Renters United envisions a Baltimore where all renters have safe, stable, affordable, and fair housing and where all tenants are free from exploitation. We envision a future where land and housing are basic rights.

Our Values

Tenant-Led – The work for housing justice must be accountable to Baltimore renters. Those who are directly impacted by the housing crisis, who are disproportionately Black and Brown women, families, and low income renters, must lead this movement.

Racial Justice – Our work must be centered on dismantling the systemic racism that has constructed and maintains an inequitable housing system. Our movement builds towards a society where Black, Brown, and all marginalized people live with the dignity, resources, power, and self-determination to fully thrive.

Movement-Building – We are an organization focused on building tenants’ rights. We are creating a movement of renters to shift the balance of power.

Collective Power – We are more powerful together than apart. The collective power of people, especially those directly impacted by housing injustice, can bring about meaningful, long-term change.

The Right to Housing – Everyone deserves to live in safe housing with dignity and respect. Housing is critical to an individual’s quality of life and crucial to a flourishing society, the health of families, and the prosperity of communities.

Political Education – Our movement must be self-perpetuating and intentionally generate strong leadership. We expose the realities of how the housing system works and raise public consciousness about the issues.

Transparency and Accountability – We hold public institutions, including rent court, responsible for perpetuating housing injustice. When housing injustice is recognized, accountability and transparency is demanded from all appropriate institutions and governmental structures.