Avery Arbaugh
Candidate for Rent Board Member, Berkeley · Tenant Union Organizer
Avery Arbaugh chairs the Berkeley Tenants Union and previously served on Berkeley's Labor Commission. Arbaugh has helped organize tenants in roughly a dozen buildings representing about 1,000 residents dealing with issues such as non-working elevators and mold.
Positions in brief
Arbaugh's campaign focuses on addressing unsafe housing conditions, strengthening outreach so seniors, students, and people with disabilities understand their tenant rights, and improving climate resilience in rental housing.
According to local news coverage, Arbaugh has worked directly with tenants facing habitability problems such as broken elevators and mold and says the goal is to make sure 'all of them get the justice they deserve.' Arbaugh's stated priorities include strengthening outreach to seniors, students, and people with disabilities about their housing rights, promoting climate resiliency so buildings can maintain safe indoor temperatures, and supporting tenant organizing.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Wants stronger enforcement on habitability problems (broken elevators, mold) that especially affect seniors and disabled tenants, and says every tenant deserves justice for those conditions.
“I've spoken with seniors who have to scale flights of stairs because their elevators aren't working, people with moldy apartments and poor living conditions. I'm running to make sure that all of them get the justice they deserve”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Wants more outreach to seniors, disabled residents, and students about their tenant rights.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Lists climate resiliency among priorities for the Rent Board.
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