landlords provide housing in the same way that a strangler who can be bribed to stop provides breathing.
this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2026
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people who provide housing are called construction workers
So if I built a house, then rent out a room to help pay the bank for the construction loan.... what does that make me?
So... How does that work? It's really an honest question, it's not clear to me how to societally transform into a landlordless society. Who would own the houses? the blocks? The duplexes, triplexes? What happens to those who currently own them?
Decisions can be made democratically among the residents themselves, and manage it collectively. Landlords lose their excess property, and choose the residence they want to live in
It starts with the street. You and your neighbors inventory the people and property. Are there any places sitting empty? Are there too many the people crammed into too small the place? Are the people living in the place that is better equipped for the larger group (1 person but 2 bathrooms?). Empty property is seized by the residents/syndicate and distributed. Efforts taken by the syndicate to fairly calibrate the living situations based on need.
I have friends who live in a "co-op" style, multi-story building. They each own their own condo. They have meetings, bring up issues, and vote on them.
As to what happens to the people who currently own homes: They get an actual job, instead of leeching off of everyone else.
How to transform society into a landlord free society? The first step is to remember that the land itself used to belong to all people, then bit by bit it was transferred to landlords. Why do some people get to own dozens of houses while others own none? The land being a common resource is the natural state of things. Once you realise that, you can see how unfair the current setup is, and you will see the need to change it. If enough people see this, then society will change. At this stage, there's no detailed game plan necessary, just the growth of awareness. Lasting change happens from the bottom up.
Communism, and then instead of a shitty landlord, you have a shitty municipal housing employee who power trips and starts fucking with you and ignoring your complaints about no hot water or no electricity.
I fucking despise the pain of our current system, but honestly people are delusional if they think replacing it with DMV employees is going to end the bullshit they deal with. People generally suck, especially when they hate their job.
The things you're complaining about are actually happening right now under the current system.
The population of ethical landlords needs to be massively expanded.
And by ethical, I mean former.