504B.212 TENANT RIGHT TO ORGANIZE; TENANT ASSOCIATIONS.
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Subdivision 1.Tenant's right to organize.
(a) Residential tenants of a residential building have the right to establish and operate a tenant association for the purpose of addressing issues related to their living environment, which includes the terms and conditions of their tenancy as well as activities related to housing and community development. Owners of residential rental units and their agents must allow residential tenants and tenant organizers to conduct activities related to the establishment or organization of a residential tenant organization, including but not limited to:
(1) distributing information or leaflets in the common areas of the residential building, including bulletin or community boards;
(2) distributing information or leaflets to individual units in a residential building;
(3) initiating contact with tenants through mail, telephone, or electronically;
(4) initiating contact with tenant units to offer information on tenant organizations or survey tenants on interest in tenant associations;
(5) assisting tenants in participating in tenant association activities; and
(6) convening tenant association meetings in a space at the residential building.
(b) Nothing in this section requires a landlord to provide a tenant association or tenant organizer with information about a tenant, including the tenant's mailing address, telephone number, or electronic contact information.
(c) A tenant association using the rights provided in this chapter must adopt bylaws or an operating agreement related to the internal governance of the tenant association.