HCHC is a Black-led tenants’ rights and racial justice organization that empowers low income and public housing tenants in Columbia, Greene and Albany counties - three historically-Black communities facing pervasive gentrification.
We are a coalition of activists, allies, low income, and public housing tenants organizing for collective power and self-governance.
Our long-term goals include rent control, divestment from over-policing and mass incarceration, and reinvestment in social services and affordable and safe housing for all.
THE LATEST NEWS:
We interviewed long-time community members in Hudson & Catskill. Here’s what they have to say:
Local & Statewide Policies We Advocate For:
THE HUDSON BREATHE ACT.
The Hudson Breathe Act reinvests our taxpayer dollars into housing and community services with a new vision of public safety. We are currently focusing on banning no-knock warrants in the city of Hudson, which are unconstitutional and cause needless injury and death.
The BREATHE ACT It is a vision that allows all communities to finally breathe free - help us by signing the petition below:
CLEAN SLATE NEW YORK.
Across New York, we’re seeing our movement achieve historic wins for fairness, racial justice, public health, and public safety.
The Clean Slate NY campaign is part of that - it is fighting for a new law (S211/A1029) that will automatically clear a New Yorker’s conviction record once they become eligible.
The civil damage a conviction record can inflict is often wide-ranging and enduring—permanently barring many individuals from basic opportunities like stable jobs, licenses to practice trades, and safe, secure housing.
Clean Slate NY is about strengthening our communities by ensuring that New Yorkers are not punished beyond their sentences and can be full and fair participants in economic and civic life.
Get involved in Clean Slate below by taking action and telling your legislators to support Clean Slate!
Housing is a human right.
Hudson/Catskill Housing Coalition (HCHC) is founded and led by Black organizers from the SBK Social Justice Center. HCHC began as a partnership between tenants from public housing projects in Hudson and Catskill to address the similar crises facing those tenants, as well as low-income residents more broadly—the majority of whom are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color—in white, rural Columbia and Greene Counties.