Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis

by Rosenthal, Tracy | New Book

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Abolish Rent takes aim at one of the foremost engines of inequality and injustice.

Rent drives millions into debt, despair, and onto the streets. The social cost of rent is too damn high. Written for anyone fed up with the permanent housing crisis, complicit politicians, and real estate greed, Abolish Rent dissects our housing system from the perspective of those it immiserates. Through brisk, unequivocating analysis and
striking stories of resistance, it shows us how tenants can, through organizing and
collective action, finally rebalance the scales.

From two co-founders of the largest tenants' union in the country, this deeply reported account of the resurgent tenant movement centers poor and working-class people who are fighting back, staying put, and remaking the city in the process. Authors Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis take us to trilingual strategy meetings, raucous marches against gentrification, and daring eviction defenses where immigrants put their lives on the line. These are the seeds of the revolutionary movement we need to make our housing, our cities, and the world our home.

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Author(s):	Rosenthal, Tracy
Book Type:	New Book
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:
EAN:	9798888902523
Language:	English
Number of Pages:	224
Publication Date:	2024-09-24
Publisher:	Haymarket Books
Weight:	0.5 Pounds