City Life / Vida Urbana

At City Life, we help people organize to stay in their homes.

City Life/Vida Urbana is a grassroots community organization committed to fighting for racial, social, and economic justice and gender equality by building working-class power. We promote individual empowerment, develop community leaders, and build collective power to effect systemic change and transform society.

Are you fighting to stay in your home?

Are you facing an eviction, rent increase, or terrible conditions? Join us at one of our weekly meetings and learn more about your housing rights, how to organize to resist evictions, and how to negotiate against unaffordable rent increases. Weekly meetings are the best place to get support and where you can speak with an organizer and lawyer and meet others fighting the same battles! To talk to someone now and get more information, please call (617) 524-3541. We have meetings in two locations in Boston, in English and Spanish. Check out when and where below:

Our meetings are held twice a week.

Jamaica Plain: Tuesdays, 6:30 PM at 284 Amory St, Jamaica Plain, MA (English with Spanish interpretation)
East Boston: Wednesdays, 6:30 PM at 31 Liverpool street, East Boston, MA (Spanish with English interpretation with prior request)

Recent News from CLVU

No Fear, No Fascism! Power Builders 2025 Launch, Step up and become a Power Builder at City Life Vida Urbana // ¡Sin miedo, sin fascismo! Lanzamiento de Constructores de Poder 2025, Da un paso adelante y conviértete en un Constructor de Poder en City Life

Jan 07, 2025

Step up and become a Power Builder with organized people power to connect and protect our communities to defend our right to exist in freedom without fear of displacement or deportation. Pledge Today: bit.ly/clvu-powerbuilder. // De un paso hacia adelante y conviértase en un Constructor de Poder de la gente organizada para conectar y proteger a nuestras comunidades, para así defender nuestro derecho a existir en libertad sin temor a los desplazamientos o las deportaciones. Comprométete hoy: bit.ly/clvu-powerbuilder.

The CLVU Bulletin: Sign up to Stay Updated and Empowered // El Boletín CLVU: Suscríbase para mantenerse al día y empoderarse

Jan 06, 2025

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new newsletter on substack, The CLVU Bulletin! Sign up to our newsletter in English at clvu.substack.com or in Spanish at vidaurbana.substack.com. // Estamos emocionados de anunciar el lanzamiento de nuestro nuevo boletín en substack, ¡El Boletín CLVU! Suscríbete a nuestro boletín en inglés en clvu.substack.com o en español en vidaurbana.substack.com.

Lucia's Victory: Resilience, Resistance, and Organizing Against High Rent Costs and No Fault Evictions// La victoria de Lucía: Su resistencia y organización contra los altos costos de renta y los desalojos sin culpa

Aug 12, 2024

Lucia Guardado, a Honduran abuela, grandmother, and long-time leader with City Life Vida Urbana (CLVU), always says, "It's natural to be scared…but we can't let fear stop us from fighting for our home." Lucia recently signed a 6-year contract with capped annual rent increases of 5%, a huge victory after 15 years of her tenant organizing! // Lucía Guardado, una abuela hondureña y líder de City Life Vida Urbana (CLVU) desde hace mucho tiempo, siempre dice: "Es natural tener miedo... Pero no podemos dejar que el miedo nos impida luchar por nuestro hogar". Lucía firmó recientemente un contrato de 6 años con un límite de aumento anual de la renta del 5%, ¡Una gran victoria después de 15 años de organización de inquilinos!

Call + Email your legislators! Ask them to co-sponsor the rent stabilization bill // ¡Llama y envie un correo electrónico a su legisldaor! Pídales que copatrocinen el proyecto de ley por la estabilizacion de renta

May 11, 2024

Take action here: https://www.homesforallmass.org/act/ // Toma acción aqui: https://www.homesforallmass.org/actua/

Call + Email your legislators! Ask them to co-sponsor the rent stabilization bill. // ¡Llama y envie un correo electrónico a su legisldaor! Pídales que copatrocinen el proyecto de ley por la estabilizacion de renta.

CLVU Board Retreat Reflections/ Reflexiones de la Junta Directiva de CLVU

Apr 03, 2024

Reflections from our Board after their recent retreat:

Our CLVU board is a tapestry woven from decades of struggle that reflects a multi-generational fight for housing justice. From co-founding voices 50 years ago to youth fighting eviction today, we stand together against displacement.
Nuestra Junta Directiva de CLVU es un tapiz tejido a partir de décadas que reflejan una lucha multigeneracional por la Justicia de Vivienda. Desde las voces cofundadoras de hace 50 años hasta los jóvenes que luchan contra los desalojos en la actualidad, nos unimos para luchar contra el desplazamiento.

Board members and CLVU staff left to right: Kim, Denise, Mike, Maura, Laura, Carolyn, Alma, Heather, Alejandra, Rebecca, Mike, and Andrés

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