Solidarity and values

• Housing is a human right. Housing should be free to every person at the point of use.

• We recognize this land is stolen land and support Indigenous people in their struggle for self-determination. Our government and economy have sustained themselves off of the control and exploitation of that land.

• We are an organizing union. We recognize that power grows from active, organized struggle and the development of class consciousness.

• We believe in and support working class power. We are stronger when we build our own structures designed to bring democracy back into our everyday lives.

• For-profit housing is wrong. The solutions presented by proponents of commodified housing are making things worse and further removing people and communities from control of their housing.

• As members of the union we must support each other. We prioritize creating networks of mutual aid and commit to providing material support to help each other in our collective struggle.

• For-profit systems limit access to housing and create the resulting economic environment that drives people out of their homes and into homelessness. We must continually affirm our solidarity with unhoused and underhoused people.