On Jan 1 tenants in Raytown, MO will enter their fourth month on rent strike, the third strike in the KC area in a year, and a signal of a national trend as tenants begin exercising our ultimate power: our rent. Today in the @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Since Aug the Tenant Union Federation has organized 9 unions in 6 states, repping 1500+ tenants Capital Realty Group properties. This is the most significant portfolio organizing ever. CRG has responded by ripping pages out of the labor union-busting playbook... inthesetimes.com/article/tena...

Rent is due tomorrow. The rent is too damn high. Meanwhile the Trump admin seeks to cut millions off from housing support. This is not only cruel but also politically stupid and will guarantee unseen levels of homelessness. And now a political meltdown on hud.gov...

A top real estate industry newsletter this morning: "This campaign [by the Tenant Union Federation, to organize tenants across the Capital Realty Group portfolio] could reshape tenant power in the era of corporate landlords." www.credaily.com/newsletters/...

In Bisnow today: “Mr. Eichler and Capital Realty Group have the opportunity to do the right thing, which is in the interest of all involved parties: return to the bargaining table and sign an agreement with the unions. As of now, they are failing to do so." archive.ph/AYHiE#select...

In the last six weeks, the Tenant Union Federation launched seven (7) majority tenant unions, across five (5) states, representing 1000 units of housing owned by Capital Realty Group, a New York-based corporate landlord. The first portfolio organizing of its kind... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

To understand how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won the mayoral primary by a full 12 points last month, it helps to understand how tenants like Ferdousi Begum and Parveg Hasan decided to go on the offensive against real estate. My first for @nybooks.com, learned tons! www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

One of the most brutal days in American history, on the brink of 17M losing Medicaid, 3.2M losing SNAP, massive wealth transfer to billionaires, 20x expansion of ICE. But the National Apartment Association (landlord lobby) celebrates this cruel bill as a "95% win for the housing industry."

Trump's economy is chaos, inflation is up, rent inflation is up, shelter is (still) the biggest overall contributor to overall inflation, the rent is (still) too damn high. Without a plan to bring down the cost of rent, Trump is cooked: www.bls.gov/news.release...

Ann Coulter has a statement on Mahmoud Khalil’s unconstitutional detention before Schumer, Pelosi… Not typing this to be an asshole, just really hope this changes soon and that we see a full throated and relentless defense of free speech and demand for his freedom

One of the best things to happen to me in the last 5 years was meeting @taraghuveer.bsky.social, and then @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social. They are geniuses. And now they're working together! Read them! I've been working on both housing + climate issues since 2011; these two will change the world.

In the next four years, tenant unions will deepen their organizing. They'll win safer homes, fairer leases, and local regulatory policies, all of which can build the blueprint for national change. Great to write some on this and more w/ @taraghuveer.bsky.social in @theprospect.bsky.social

The average rent in the United States has about doubled since 2005.

22% of tenants spend 100% of their income on rent. That’s 10 million households spending everything they earn on a place to live. The rent is too damn high and something's gotta give. The question isn’t whether tenants will revolt, but whether it’s from a place of desperation or power.

The rent is too damn high