RAHU has multiple objectives both in the short, medium, and long term:
Short Term:
These are goals RAHU is actively organising for and fighting for in the immediate now.
- Organisation! – Organising and mobilisation of tenants and tenant economic power, physical power and to fight for a better society.
- Collectivism and Radicalism – The building of an explicitly radical, socially and economically left wing and politicised tenants union, And with the building of networks under such a union to support tenants, and unite them under a singular tenants union.
- Collective Bargaining – The establishment of collectively bargained leases across so-called Australia to set precedent and develop organisational strategies.
- Building of RAHU branches across so-called Australia and with such networks of mobilisation and support for tenant members
Medium Term:
Goals that RAHU aims to achieve within the next 5 to 15 years:
- Achievement of the Demands of RAHU
- Education – As a part of our political objectives, be a force for the education of tenants about their situation and why RAHU organises the way it does.
- One big tenants union – create a space where all tenants can organise to build power, build class consciousness and win.
Long Term:
The aspirational, “visionary” goals of RAHU:
- Abolition of rent.
- Housing as a human right – shelter for all and as an unconditional human right, and the abolition of homelessness.
- First Nations Liberation – Indigenous sovereignty and independent control over their own affairs, land care, and culture without interference.
Sight of these goals must never be lost, and RAHU should ensure that we do not become an organisation that focuses on just economic goals and who focus on both political and economic goals