WHO WE ARE: Tenants Transforming Greater St. Louis, formerly known as Homes For All St. Louis, is a Black, renter-led housing justice and advocacy organization that works with and for renters across the city of St. Louis. Formed in 2018, the organization began with a group of renters who came together to educate and organize themselves to advocate for safer, more dignified living conditions.
OUR VISION: A region where housing is recognized as a human right and tenants have the power, protections, and resources to thrive.
OUR VALUES:
Housing Is A Human Right
The Most Impacted Must Lead
Land and Housing Should Be Collectively
Controlled by Communities and Sustained for Future Generations
OUR WORK FALLS INTO FIVE KEY AREAS:
Hotline Support
Tenant Organizing + Leadership Training
Policy + Legislation Advocacy
Legal Support + Empowerment
Utility + Energy Burden Advocacy
At the heart of our organizing model are tenant leaders, who receive training in:
Campaign and strategy development
Power analysis and political education
The tenant organizing framework
Landlord-tenant law and fair housing practices
Healing modalities to support sustained leadership
BRIEF HISTORY
We’ve stood with renters facing some of the most abusive housing conditions in the region.
At Fountains at Carondelet (formerly Southwest Crossing), tenants formed a tenant association and launched a rent strike against notorious slumlord T.E.H. Realty. Their organizing helped lead to receivership of the property, and several tenants won their eviction cases in court—setting important legal precedent.
At Chesterfield Mobile Home Park, when the landlord passed away and the property was on the verge of being sold, tenant organizing efforts successfully prevented the sale.
During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we initiated citywide eviction moratorium campaigns via phone banking and letter-writing, helping push presiding judges to implement temporary halts on evictions in both the city and county.
PAST + CURRENT WORK
Our impact continues to grow:
Our Renter Hotline provides free legal and advocacy support to renters across the St. Louis metro area.
During COVID-19, we helped reduce mass displacement and expanded hotline access to weekends and evenings— and continue to operate at high capacity today.
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We’ve contributed field data and community input to advance key housing legislation including:
Housing Navigator Program which is a tenant-led legal empowerment and organizing initiative that trains tenants to become community paralegals and organizers which equips them to provide Know Your Rights education, court advocacy support, meditation, resource navigation and field work.
We also collaborated with Human Impact Partners, the Vacancy Collaborative, and The City of St. Louis on a powerful geospatial report: “Home Is Where Our Health Is” — connecting housing quality, health disparities, and solutions to create a healthier and more equitable St. Louis. Check out that report here: https://www.homeishealth.org/
Responded to the May 16, 2025 tornado by advocating for Rams settlement funds and additional resources to be allocated to the Impacted Tenant Fund, specifically for those in the tornado-affected zone; provided Know Your Rights workshops, resource sharing, and volunteer engagement through the People’s Response.
Working with and supporting tenants at Cambridge Heights and two Odin Properties — Forest Park Apartments and Metro at 70. At Cambridge Heights, tenants have achieved key wins, including the removal of their property manager and the installation of new appliances in their units. We have also reignited organizing efforts at Forest Park Apartments by launching tenant meetings to address concerns and build collective strategies to secure responses and changes from Odin.
One of several organizations and entities part of the HANDS OFF STL coalition, advocating against the current St. Louis City budget, which proposes allocating over $200 million to STLMPD. This would impact other policies and programs receiving the necessary funding needed to keep our city safe and thriving
GIVE STL DAY GOAL: $5,000
This year, we're raising $5,000 to build on this momentum.
Your donations will help us:
Our general operations budget
Stipends for tenants that participate in our Housing Navigator Program
Sustain the Renter Hotline and expand access
Fight for even stronger tenant protections citywide
Thank you in advance for your continued support. When tenants organize, we all win.
📌 Give STL Day is Thursday, May 7,2026
Because housing is a human right. Always.