Rogue Valley Renters VoicesA place to be heard

Voices · Renters of the Rogue Valley

Everyone here was told to be quiet. This is them not being quiet.

Accounts from renters in Jackson County, in their own words and left the way they wrote them. No scores, no fact-checking of you, no comment section underneath. Just what happened, and that it was read.

On the record

The accounts.

Tracey Medford · Founder

Eight years a tenant. A mediated move-out with no wrongdoing found became an eviction on paper, and that paper cost us our housing voucher and put a three-year ban on my whole household — a grandmother and a four-year-old, aimed at the street. I built this place because when it mattered most, no one in that room would listen.

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Awaiting the next voice

The next account here could be yours.

This wall is new. Rather than fill it with anything invented, we're leaving room for the real thing. If a landlord in this valley did something to you, you're invited to be one of the first.

Add your voice

How to tell your story here.

There's no form on this page on purpose. Your words shouldn't have to squeeze through a text box with a character limit. You email it, and it goes up the way you wrote it.

1 · Write it out

Any length. Your words. Facts are welcome but never required — this is your account, not a case you have to win. Say what happened and how it hit you.

2 · Email it

Send it to the address below. Tell us the name (or first name, or “anonymous”) and the town you want shown. Nothing else is published about you.

3 · It goes up as written

A light proofread for typos, and that's it. No edits to what you said, no comments allowed underneath, no uploads to manage. What you send is what appears.

voices@rvrentersvoices.org

A few honest limits: this isn't legal advice or a legal service, and posting here doesn't start or help a case. Please don't send anything you couldn't stand behind, and — for your own sake and others' — write about your own experience rather than accusing named people of crimes. If you need real help, start with Get Help.