Smothered by regeneration: the Grenfell Tower fire Tenants at Grenfell Tower repeatedly warned the council and its management organisation about fire safety risks before a deadly blaze engulfed…
Fueling the fires: South Africa in class war The hope that the end of apartheid would herald a better life for the oppressed in South Africa has evaporated. Their conditions today are…
The New York City rent strike, 1907-8 A short account of the Lower East Side rent strike in New York City in late 1907 to early 1908.
Rent Strike in Toronto Two hundred tenants are on rent strike in Toronto against increases they say are meant to price them out of their homes.
SLAP! - Squatters of London Action Paper SLAP! (Squatters of London Action Paper) is a monthly DIY newspaper for squatters in London. It is available in print and online as a PDF. The…
Housing an anarchist approach - Colin Ward Collection of essays on housing and the built environment from 20th century British anarchist and town planner, Colin Ward. First published by…
Rent strike: St Pancras 1960 A detailed history and analysis of the militant St Pancras rent strike of 1960 against council rent increases written in 1972.
Tenant vs lettings agency: "We need to come together to improve conditions for everybody" In summer of 2016, Brighton SolFed was organising with a Leaders tenant who was…
Homeplace (A Site of Resistance) This essay, by bell hooks, was first published in 1990 in Yearning: Race, gender, and cultural politics. Boston, MA: South End Press. Chicago
Who really owns the city? The Edinburgh council politics of Disneyfication of the city centre is in front of us. We see it in the never ending festival nightmare that…
Dis/placing political illiteracy: the politics of intellectual equality in a South African shack-dwellers’ movement The production and abandonment of surplus people also depends on rendering them as…
