Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps VISTA - (Cleveland, OH)

Cleveland Tenants Organization (CTO) seeks an Americorps VISTA applicant to organize tenants in privately-owned, multifamily developments subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to save and improve their homes as affordable housing. The position is funded for 1 yr through Americorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), a federal program which pays full-time VISTA Volunteers a 1 yr renewable stipend to empower people in low income communities. CTO is a 501c3 non-profit organization that harnesses the power of tenants to save their homes and strengthen tenants' rights in HUD housing. Since 1975, CTO has helped tenants save apartments as affordable housing, 1 building at a time, through tenant organizing. Cleveland Tenants Organization aims to preserve and expand the supply of safe, decent, fair, affordable, and accessible rental housing in greater Cleveland.