Tracy Rosenthal

Tracy Rosenthal is a writer, organizer, and co-founder of the L.A. Tenants Union, the largest tenant union in the United States. Rosenthal is a fierce advocate for housing justice, arguing that housing is a human right, not a commodity. Their work focuses on collective action to fight evictions, gentrification, and rising rents.\n\nRosenthal is the co-author of Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis, written with Leonardo Vilchis. The book is a radical manifesto that challenges the existence of the landlord-tenant relationship. Rosenthal critiques the "affordable housing" industry and advocates for tenant unions, rent control, and the decommodification of land. Their writing is a call to arms for a renter class to seize political power.