Digital Tools for Tenants
Our goal is to improve access to information for tenants when navigating government and court systems.
Get Involved
We are seeking information from a variety of perspectives including tenants, tenant advocates, landlords, government officials, court administrators, attorneys, and judges.
We want to learn about your biggest frustrations and challenges, and highest aspirations for how landlord-tenant issues can improve in Washtenaw County.
This information will be used to develop an online platform for tenants. Ultimately, we aim to:
increase information available to tenants about their rights and responsibilities
reduce burden on courts and judges, and
make tenant experiences legible to government officials.
Our Team
Bobby Madamanchi is a Data Science Lecturer in the School of Information and a local labor activist. He was previously a Future Work & Learning Scholar at Purdue and has a Ph.D. in Computational Biology from Vanderbilt.
Rachael Zuppke is pursuing a Master of Science in Information, focusing on User-Experience Research. Prior to school, Rachael was a paralegal at Legal Services of South Central Michigan, focused on eviction prevention and public benefit maintenance.
This project is funded by the University of Michigan Library’s Anti-Racist Digital Research Institute.