Cleveland Tenants Organization

Since 1975, Cleveland Tenants Organization has aimed to preserve and expand the supply of safe, decent, fair, affordable, and accessible rental housing in greater Cleveland. We do this by preventing homelessness, resolving disputes between landlords and tenants, advocating for the needs of low & moderate-income tenants, informing citizens of their rights and duties in rental housing, empowering tenants individually and collectively to represent themselves and their interests, representing tenants and the interest of tenants in the preservation and promotion of rental housing rights, combating discrimination in housing based on race, religion, color, gender, handicap, familial status, military status, social/economic class, and sexual orientation. CTO is a member of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants (NAHT), the leading voice of HUD tenants since 1992 and the only national tenant’s organization in the US, as well as the National Low Income Housing Coalition.