Rockville Renters United is a city-wide, grassroots, tenant-led organization dedicated to securing healthy, stable, affordable, and dignified housing for all residents of Rockville. We strive to enact community-centric housing policies that strengthen our neighborhoods and care for our neighbors. We are supported in this vision by a broad coalition of homeowners, supportive landlords, religious institutions, organized labor, civil rights organizations, and grassroots advocacy organizations who believe that a strong, safe, and healthy community values people above all else.

Rockville Renters United is dedicated to the organization of Rockville residents that empowers them to secure safer and more stable rental housing and, through collective action, secures city-wide, community-centric housing policies that makes Rockville a national model of housing justice.

1. 1. That the strongest communities value the well being of people above all else.
2. 2. That housing is a human right.
3. 3. That housing injustice disproportionately harms those in our community who are most at risk of harm in society; namely people of color, immigrants, seniors, the LGBTQ community, those with disabilities, the formerly incarcerated, and those with lower incomes.
4. 4. That the creating new, diverse forms of housing is a key tactic in combating our housing crisis.
5. 5. That unequal access to housing stems ultimately from systemic racial, economic, and cultural inequalities, and that these inequalities must be mended in our communities.
6. 6. That tenants are foundational and valued members of our community and that we deserve a strong, collective voice in advocating for our needs and our homes.

• 1. Making Rockville a national model of housing justice through organized tenant power and community support
• 2. A robust tenant organization in every multifamily building and neighborhood that advocates for the needs of residents and aids those facing discrimination and disenfranchisement 
• 3. A secure, stable, healthy, and affordable home for every resident of Rockville
• 4. The elimination of homelessness in our city through accessible affordable housing and housing first policies
• 5. The treatment of housing as, first and foremost, a human need and right
• 6. The elimination of evictions in our city

1. 1. The passage of a robust, community-centric rent stabilization policy that caps rent increases to a reasonable level 
2. 2. The passage of a good cause eviction bill that ends retaliatory, constructive, and de facto evictions
3. 3. The passage of a ban on rental pricing algorithms [WE WON THIS!]
4. 4. The passage of a right of first refusal bill for tenants
5. 5. The expansion of community-centric, affordable housing development and assistance programs that help those in need before they face eviction while preventing the displacement of current community members

Over 20 organizations signed on to the letter to the Mayor & Council, each dedicated to supporting our community’s renters and advocating for fair and stable housing policies. The letter represents a unified voice from diverse organizations that believe in the importance of rent stabilization to protect our community members from unregulated rent increases. These organizations are committed to ensuring that Rockville’s residents have access to stable and affordable housing. Read the Letter >

The Montgomery County Branch of the NAACP expressed their support for the enactment of rent stabilization measures for rental housing in the City of
Rockville. Read the Letter >

Join us in this vital movement. Stand with us, fight with us, and let’s make Rockville a model of renter power and housing justice for all.