Listen Now: Rent Too High? Join a Tenant Union.
From V Interesting with V Spehar by Lemonada Media
June 10, 2025 · 42 min
About this episode
Tara Raghuveer discusses the efforts of the Kansas City Tenants union to combat high rent and poor housing conditions.
The rent is too damn high, housing quality standards are far too low, and Tara Raghuveer is doing something about it. Tara is director of Kansas City Tenants, a tenant union which organizes to ensure that everyone in KC has a safe, accessible, and truly affordable home. In this powerful conversation with host Gloria Riviera, Tara explains how the union of more than 10,000 members is fighting against our country’s dysfunctional housing market and standing up for what they truly deserve. This episode is presented by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. MCF supports leaders who work to shift the balance of power in their communities toward working people and families, and who have the vision and capacity for building a truly representative economy. Learn more at caseygrants.org or visit on social media @caseygrants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Gloria Riviera
Guest: Tara Raghuveer
Topics covered
- tenant union
- housing market
- affordable housing
- community organizing
- social justice
Keywords
- tenant union
- affordable housing
- Kansas City
- housing quality
- social justice
- community organizing
Sponsors
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Kansas City Tenants, caseygrants.org
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