A panel presentation followed by an interactive discussion about housing justice and tenant organizing in the South in the midst of the current pandemic-related eviction crisis. The panel presentation will explore the current eviction crisis and its underlying root causes; eviction defense strategies including direct action tactics, tenant organizing efforts to stop evictions, win rights and build power; and solutions that remove housing from the speculative market and put housing under community control. After the panel, we plan to convene a participatory discussion about housing justice in the South.