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  • 🚨 This neighborhood group offers ICE trainings

    Plus: Rentals that accept Section 8 vouchers Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue, we’re talking about a different type of neighborhood group than we’ve discussed before.  While many of the groups I’ve covered in the past have centered on socializing and making change at the local level,…


  • 🧑‍⚖️ How a Tempe renter sued her landlord—and won

    Plus: New neighborhood events list Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue we’re talking about a Tempe renter who successfully sued her landlord over her security deposit.  I’ll be honest—there have been times in previous renting situations where I considered taking legal action, but I wrote it off…


  • 🌺 12 apartment plants that thrive in PHX

    Plus: We’re going weekly! Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue, we’re talking about plants that can survive both apartment life and Phoenix’s climate. Our resident green thumb Trinity Murchie walks you through growing plants that are both pretty and practical—I really need to take a page out…


  • 🍾 3 tips for hosting in a small space

    Plus: New apartments and townhomes in the Valley Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue, we’re talking about hacks for hosting gatherings, even in small spaces. It’s doable, and fun—I promise! We’re also talking about what you wish lawmakers understood about renting, and we look at some new…


  • 🔑 Phoenix group helps renters feel at home

    Plus: New rental units open across the Valley Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue we’re talking about a group that connects people living in the Roosevelt Historic Neighborhood.  Before I became involved in my own neighborhood group, I thought these kinds of things were more for homeowners,…


  • 💸 Rent due? Skip shopping, swap instead

    Plus: How much of your electric bill goes to profits? Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue, we’re talking about a fun way to find new clothes without having to spend much.  Rent is a fixed expense, meaning it’s something you can’t be flexible with from month to…


  • 📉 How much rent has dropped in the Valley

    Plus: Where to rent a house on 1.43 acres Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. I’m coming to you this week already kind of gassed, thanks to my AC going out last Friday. I have no energy to pull a prank on you today (although I did an early, housing-related…


  • 🚌 This mobile market cut my grocery bill

    Plus: A lakefront home … in Phoenix? Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue, we’re talking about a convenient way to buy affordable produce that you may not know about.  But you may have seen it—it’s hard to miss the bright, multicolored buses delivering fruits and veggies to…


  • 🤝 The group connecting downtown neighbors

    Plus: A rental that includes horse stalls Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue, we’re talking about a group called Downtown Core Community that’s connecting neighbors and building power. I sat down with the group’s vice president a couple of weeks ago at Songbird Coffee & Tea House…


  • 🪳 My year living in a nightmare apartment

    Plus: Bringing good fortune into your home Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue, we’re talking about nightmare apartments—specifically, my year living among cockroaches and disruptive neighbors in Phoenix. We also talk about a proposed rental assistance program in Arizona, along with readers’ thoughts on it. And we…