Please join us for a 3-part discussion of Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis!

St. Louis has long been thought of as an affordable place to live but home prices and rents are up markedly, working class people are being displaced and tenants have few rights. If you're looking to learn more and do something about it, this is the place for you.

Abolish Rent takes aim at one of the foremost engines of inequality and injustice. 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 unsparing analysis and striking stories of resistance, it shows us how tenants can, through organizing and collective action, harness our power and win the housing we deserve.

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.

Our first meeting on May 26th will cover the Introduction and Chapter One (pages 1-33), our June 2nd meeting will cover Chapters Two & Three (34-80) and our June 16th meeting will cover Chapters Four and Five (81-148). We have 25 copies available for free, so sign up and start reading asap!