Abolish Landlords: A Renter's Manifesto

Abolish Landlords: A Renter's Manifesto

Your landlord is a parasite. This isn't an insult-it's a fact. They produce nothing, contribute little, and extract wealth from you every month simply by owning the building you need to survive. And you've been told to be grateful.

This book is for every renter who's handed over half their paycheck to someone who did nothing to earn it. For everyone who's been priced out of their neighborhood. For everyone who's been told that affordable housing is impossible while landlords get rich. For everyone who's ever thought: There has to be a better way.

There is.

Abolish Landlords makes the case that housing is a human right, not a commodity-and that achieving housing justice requires not better landlords, but no landlords at all. Part indictment, part vision, part strategy manual, this manifesto exposes how the rental system works, who it serves, and how we can dismantle it.

What you'll find inside:

• The Indictment: Why landlords are parasites who extract wealth without creating value, how rent is theft with a lease agreement, and why every landlord-even the "nice" ones-is your class enemy
• The System: How private property in housing is legalized theft, why capitalism requires landlords, and how the lies we're told about housing justify exploitation
• The Vision: What housing justice actually looks like-from Vienna's social housing to housing cooperatives to community land trusts. Proof that alternatives to landlordism exist and work.
• The Strategy: How to organize your building, know your rights, run a rent strike, defend against evictions, and connect to the broader movement for housing justice

This isn't theory. This is a practical guide to fighting back. Whether you're a frustrated renter, a tenant organizer, or someone who believes housing should be a right, this book gives you the analysis and tools to challenge landlord power and build alternatives.

Housing wasn't always a commodity. And it won't always be.

Landlords were created through theft and violence. They can be abolished through organizing and collective action. This book shows you how.

Abolish Landlords is uncompromisingly militant but strategically smart-angry about exploitation while focused on winning. It's about building tenant power, fighting for immediate improvements, and working toward systemic transformation where no one profits from your need for shelter.

Your landlord takes half your income for doing nothing. That can end.

Organize. Resist. Abolish.