Building and Strengthening Tenant Action-Basta

basta is a non-profit project dedicated to helping austin renters work with their neighbors to improve conditions in their homes and communities. our team or tenant organizers, lawyers, and paralegals support tenants access to healthy and safe housing through organizing, campaigns, strategizing, and tenant education and leadership development. as austin's only renter organizing project, basta focuses heavily on change through collective action and consensus-based decision making. conducting outreach connecting with renters helps us identify common problems they face. we reach out to renters by visiting their apartment complexes and attending community events. forming tenants associations we support renters in developing tenants associations (tas) in which neighbors discuss their common goals toward safer, healthier, and more dignified living situations. we also help facilitate cross-cultural interactions among renters with a focus on language justice. educating on tenant rights w