SEO Friendly Job Title: Housing Rights Staff Attorney
H1: Join Our Team as a Housing Rights Staff Attorney at **Members Only**
H2: About **Members Only**’s Housing Rights Team
About the Organization: **Members Only** is a team of attorneys and advocates working with community organizers, tenant associations, and coalitions across New York City to help tenants fight harassment, obtain repairs, and resist gentrification and displacement.
Position Overview:
- Collaborate with community organizers and tenant associations to build power within the NYC housing movement
- Challenge landlords, lenders, and government agencies through legal representation, research, and training
- Develop campaigns, train organizers and community leaders, draft legislation and policy proposals, lobby elected officials, participate in tenant meetings, and conduct legal clinics
Responsibilities:
- Regular evening and some weekend meetings to meet clients where they are
- Commitment to economic and racial justice and the housing justice movement in New York City
- Passion for working with community organizers and developing creative lawyering strategies to support tenant organizing
- Eager to work with a diverse client base on individual and group litigation
Requirements:
- Professional or personal experience with New York City housing law and the housing justice movement
- JD and admission (or pending admission) to the New York State Bar
- Experience with community organizing or supporting organizing campaigns
- Experience working with diverse communities and across lines of difference
- Professional competency in a second language commonly spoken by NYC tenants, including Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Arabic, or Bangla
Expected Salary Range: $78,290 to $92,600, depending on experience and qualifications.
How to Apply:
- Email resume and cover letter in a single PDF to ****, attention Iliana Garcia
- Include "Housing Rights Attorney" in the subject line
Benefits:
- Salary determined in accordance with collective bargaining agreement
- Excellent benefits and vacation & leave package
- Union bargaining unit position represented by the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, UAW, Local 2320
Equal Opportunity Employer:
- TakeRoot encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds
- Strongly encourages applications from people with lived experience in the communities served
- Diversity and inclusion are critical to success
- Equal employment opportunities without discrimination
Salary Information:
- Expected salary range: $78,290 to $92,600, depending on experience and qualifications
- Salary determined in accordance with collective bargaining agreement
Job Title: Housing Rights Staff Attorney
Experience Information:
- Professional or personal experience with New York City housing law and the housing justice movement
- Experience with community organizing or supporting organizing campaigns
- Experience working with diverse communities and across lines of difference
Department: Housing Rights Team
Organization: **Members Only**
About the Organization:
- Team of attorneys and advocates working with community organizers, tenant associations, and coalitions across New York City
- Mission to help tenants fight harassment, obtain repairs, and resist gentrification and displacement
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with community organizers and tenant associations to build power within the NYC housing movement
- Challenge landlords, lenders, and government agencies through legal representation, research, and training
- Develop campaigns, train organizers and community leaders, draft legislation and policy proposals, lobby elected officials, participate in tenant meetings, and conduct legal clinics
Requirements:
- JD and admission (or pending admission) to the New York State Bar
- Professional or personal experience with New York City housing law and the housing justice movement
- Experience with community organizing or supporting organizing campaigns
- Experience working with diverse communities and across lines of difference
- Professional competency in a second language commonly spoken by NYC tenants, including Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Arabic, or Bangla
Expected Salary Range: $78,290 to $92,600, depending on experience and qualifications
How to Apply:
- Email resume and cover letter in a single PDF to ****, attention Iliana Garcia
- Include "Housing Rights Attorney" in the subject line
Benefits:
- Salary determined in accordance with collective bargaining agreement
- Excellent benefits and vacation & leave package
- Union bargaining unit position represented by the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, UAW, Local 2320
Equal Opportunity Employer:
- TakeRoot encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds
- Strongly encourages applications from people with lived experience in the communities served
- Diversity and inclusion are critical to success
- Equal employment opportunities without discrimination
Housing Rights Staff Attorney: Join Our Team at **Members Only**
H1: About **Members Only**’s Housing Rights Team
H2: Help Fight for Housing Justice in New York City as a Housing Rights Staff Attorney
Bold Headlines:
- Collaborate with Community Organizers to Build Power in the NYC Housing Movement
- Challenge Landlords, Lenders, and Government Agencies Through Legal Representation
- Develop Creative Lawyering Strategies to Support Tenant Organizing
- Work with a Diverse Client Base on Individual and Group Litigation
- Commitment to Economic and Racial Justice in the Housing Justice Movement
- Professional and Personal Experience with NYC Housing Law and the Housing Justice Movement
- Union Bargaining Unit Position Represented by National Organization of Legal Services Workers
- Equal Employment Opportunities Without Discrimination
