Date: 25 August 2026
Location: Aba, Abia State, Nigeria
Registered on Luma: 14
Attended: 28 participants, including 19 returning members
Language: English
Circle Steward: Chizzy_Digits
Our third Logos Circle Aba gathering continued our focus on Housing as our main winnable issue.
Building on our July discussions, we brought tenants, landlords, community members and a lawyer together to discuss tenancy rights and responsibilities, rent challenges and practical ways the community can respond.
We also looked at the difficulties faced by tenants who struggle to pay rent because of rising living costs and limited income.
Our discussion focused on:
Helping tenants understand their rights and responsibilities.
Creating awareness around tenancy agreements, rent and quit notices.
Bringing landlords, tenants and community leaders into the conversation.
Identifying tenants facing genuine difficulties with rent.
Exploring practical ways to support affected tenants.
Identifying other housing challenges the Circle can address.
The aim was to move beyond discussion and find practical ways to respond to issues affecting people in the community.
Know Your Landlord & Tenant (KYLT)
One of the outcomes of our housing discussions is Know Your Landlord & Tenant (KYLT), an initiative developed from the experiences and conversations within the Circle.
KYLT focuses on helping landlords and tenants understand their rights, responsibilities and obligations, while encouraging better communication and helping prevent avoidable disputes.
Areas covered include:
Tenancy agreements.
Rent payments and renewals.
Quit notices and proper procedures.
Landlord and tenant responsibilities.
Keeping rent receipts and important documents.
Handling disagreements properly.
Knowing when and where to seek legal assistance.
A lawyer who is part of our Circle provided practical guidance during the session and also came with booklets containing information on the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants. He also committed to remain available to support future housing-related discussions and cases.
One of the major outcomes came from a landlord who attended the meetup. After listening to the discussion, he offered to cancel six months’ rent for three members of our Circle who live in his house. Instead of paying a full year’s rent, they would only pay for the remaining six months.
This provided significant relief for the three tenants and showed the value of bringing landlords and tenants together to have open and constructive conversations.
Further Commitments
The meeting also produced additional commitments. The lawyer in our Circle and two other landlords stated that they would not charge landlord/tenancy agreement fees or caution fees for their tenants.
The landlords also asked our Circle’s lawyer to help with the management of their buildings and support better communication between landlords and tenants. He agreed to support this, and we will work out the details responsibly.
What We Achieved
Circle #3 resulted in:
Six months’ rent relief for three tenants.
Commitments from landlords to remove additional agreement and caution fees.
Continued legal support for tenants and landlords.
The development of KYLT as an ongoing housing awareness initiative.
Stronger engagement between landlords, tenants and community members.
These outcomes came from a simple approach: identify a real problem, bring the people involved together, listen and work towards a practical outcome.
We will:
Continue the KYLT campaign.
Share landlord and tenant rights information with more community members.
Follow up on genuine rent difficulties.
Explore practical support for selected tenants.
Follow up on commitments made by participating landlords.
Continue documenting housing cases and outcomes.
Engage more landlords, tenants and community leaders.
Identify other housing challenges that can become future Winnable Issues.
Circle #3 showed us that community action does not always have to start with a big project. Sometimes, it starts by bringing the right people into the same room and creating an opportunity for a real problem to be addressed.
Three tenants received six months’ rent relief, landlords made new commitments, and the Circle strengthened its support for housing-related issues in the community.
We came together.
We listened.
We acted.
Logos Circle Aba will continue building from the ground up, one community and one winnable issue at a time.