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Rules, playbooks, and deadlines vary by state, and often by city. Find renter resources for your state.
Virginia first · National by design
Know your rights.
Then organize.
Tenant Nexus is a national, tenant-led membership network that is live in Virginia first. We explain rental law in plain language, help you document a problem without exposing yourself, and give you a plan you can follow. One city at a time, we are building this with the renters who actually live there.
Free to read, no account needed. Legal information, not legal advice.
Right now
If something is happening today, start here.
Police, fire, or someone in danger: call 911 first.
Urgent cases are queued for a human read by a Virginia organizer, never answered by a robot alone.
Eight programs. One network of renters who know each other.
Everything below is included with membership. The safety information never costs anything.
Know Your Rights
Plain-language explainers matched to the address you actually live at: live for Virginia today, written state by state as we expand.
02Tenant Case Desk
Confidential intake, an evidence locker, and an evidence-first action plan you can edit, print, and bring to a lawyer.
03Repair & Habitability
Photos, inspection requests and incident timelines that show a pattern instead of a one-off complaint.
04Eviction Response
Court-date triage with deadline reminders and legal aid referrals. Every urgent file gets a human read.
05Fair Housing & Retaliation
Safe evidence collection and referral routing when you are treated differently, or punished for speaking up.
06Building Unions
Invite verified neighbors, meet privately, agree on demands, and vote, without your name leaving the building.
07Lease & Fee Review
Upload a lease and pull out the terms that matter, flagged for review. We never call a clause legal or illegal by machine.
08Local Chapters
City coordinators, tenant organizers and partner organizations. Virginia is live; everywhere else joins the waitlist for the next state.
Where we are
Virginia is live. The rest of the country is next.
We are a national platform launching one state at a time, and Virginia is where we started. Housing rules are set city by city, so rather than guess at your law we only publish playbooks a reviewer has checked for your exact jurisdiction. If we are not there yet, you still get general education and a real referral, and every chapter request tells us which state is next.
See the chapter mapRichmond City
Independent city · Where we started
Henrico County
Surrounding county
Chesterfield County
Surrounding county
Hampton Roads
Norfolk · Virginia Beach · Newport News
Northern Virginia
Fairfax · Arlington · Alexandria
Everywhere else in the U.S.
General rights education only
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safety info free, no account
Organizing support and legal help are different things. We keep them apart on purpose.
What we are
- A tenant-led membership and organizing network
- Plain-language information about Virginia rental law
- A private place to document problems and build an evidence file
- Building-level organizing: meetings, demands, votes, campaigns
- A referral desk that routes you to legal aid and inspectors
What we are not
- A law firm: reading this is not legal advice
- A labor union, or a substitute for one
- Legal insurance or a promise of representation
- A public database of landlord accusations
- A service that contacts your landlord, a court, or a reporter for you
If you need a lawyer now
We are not a law firm. These organizations give free or low-cost help and take calls directly.
Your building is stronger with a union in it.
Invite your neighbors privately, verify who actually lives there, and decide together what to ask for. Your name never leaves the building unless you choose to put it on a demand.