Renters Unite - How Tenant Unions Are Fighting the Housing Crisis

'Eye-opening, practical, thoughtful and revolutionary' Danny Dorling, author of Peak Injustice

'A birds-eye view of tenant organising that touches down in moving stories of everyday struggle' Tracy Rosenthal, co-author of Abolish Rent

'A brilliant and inspiring analysis of the causes and possible solutions to one of the central issues facing people around the world today: the problem of housing' Jeremy Gilbert, author of Twenty-First Century Socialism

As housing crises proliferate around the world, so does the fightback. A new generation of tenant unions are rising up to demand good, affordable housing for all. From the streets of Los Angeles to the avenues of Berlin, these unions are rewriting the playbook on community empowerment and direct action.

In Renters Unite! longtime organiser Jacob Stringer navigates the joys and perils of a new and exciting form of political organising. Through vivid storytelling and analysis, this book takes readers to the frontlines to expose the brutality of criminal landlords and exploitative housing.

It's time to join the movement for housing justice!

JACOB STRINGER  is a housing and social movements researcher, and a member of London Renters Union. His work has appeared in openDemocracy.

List of contents

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Preface

1. Why Now?

2. Seizing the Moment

3. Organising Communities

4. Building Power from the Grassroots

5. Different Strategies, United Tenants

6. Toward the Rent Strike?

Notes

Index

About the author

Jacob Stringer is a housing and social movements researcher, and a member of London Renters Union. His work has appeared in openDemocracy.

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Stringer, Stringer Jacob
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2025
• EAN: 9780745350011
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-5001-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, LAW / Housing & Urban Development, Political ideologies and movements, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, Housing law