Housing Inequality Is a Central Plank of Modern Capitalism

In recent years, renters’ unions have played an increasingly prominent role in a number of , with tenants’ groups exerting influence on national discussion and to some extent on the policies of governments and political parties. Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and Scotland have all implemented some form of rent control since 2021. Against that backdrop, several writers have sought to combine the questions of political strategy raised by tenant struggles with the political economy of…