The Lonay Tenant Council (LTC) and supporters formed a caravan of over 40 vehicles and several bikes that started in Oakland last Sunday to protest at two large homes in Piedmont belonging landlords Linda Lonay and Mohommad and to deliver a list of tenant demands.
“It felt like a release for all of us,” said Michelle Mitchell*, a tenant of Lonay and Hooshmand’s and LTC member.
LTC is a group of Lonay and Hooshmand’s tenants who have unionized to make collective demands.
Mitchell says Lonay has called her cell phone repeatedly to pressure her for money, but tenants can’t be evicted for rent owed during this time due to city, county, and state legal protections related to COVID-19.
Some LTC members who have occupied Lonay and Hooshmand’s units for years pay lower than average area rent for rooms because they’re under rent control.
