4 – Abolish Rent: Ending Evictions with Jacob Woocher

The rent is too damn high. Eviction = death. In Los Angeles, both are true. What can we do about it?

For profit, landlords exploit our need for shelter. So why are they at the center of our housing policy, blocking public housing and other solutions? We talk to eviction attorney Jacob Woocher to learn how to form a tenants union, organize a rent strike, and fight back.

Jacob Woocher

Jacob Woocher is an eviction defense attorney in Los Angeles. He represents the Hillside Villa Tenants in one of L.A.’s longest rent strikes, recently winning dismissal of nearly all their evictions in court.

He organizes with the Los Angeles Tenants Union (LATU) and is the author of the series L.A.’s War on Public Housing.

Resources

Los Angeles Tenants Union latenantsunion.org
L.A. Community Action Network cangress.org
L.A. Street Care @lastreetcare IG

Action Items

Attend your LATU local meeting
Organizing is the only way to build power, learn how at a meeting near you. latenantsunion.org

Organize Your Neighbors!
Put shared concerns in a letter to your landlord. Sign it <STREET NAME> Tenants Association. When we fight, we win.