Housing

Rent is a tax that poor people pay to rich people for the right to live in society.

We can build a world where landlords don’t exist.

Join a Tenants’ Union
Organise a rent strike.
Squat empty buildings.
Build housing cooperatives.
Build social housing.

Black background. A set of flats are reflected on a horizontal axis. The flats are purple. White text reads: “Stop all evictions.”

Black background. A set of flats are reflected on a horizontal axis. The flats are green. White text reads: “No more empty homes.”

Black background. A set of flats are reflected on a horizontal axis. The flats are yellow. White text reads: “Immediate housing for the homeless.”

Black background. A set of flats are reflected on a horizontal axis. The flats are blue. White text reads: “Suspend all rent.”

A1 poster with black background and a set of flats are reflected on a horizontal axis. The flats are purple. White text reads: “Stop all evictions.”. Poster is pasted on the front of hoarding in front of a police station.

A6 sticker with black background and a set of purple flats reflected on a horizontal axis. White text reads: “Stop all evictions.” Sticker is on a black lamp post. A street scene is visible behind the lamp post with pedestrians and a cyclist.

Across the world, millions are facing eviction amidst a global pandemic. Housing is health! Resist the evictions!

Design for Living Rent, a Tenants’ Union in Scotland.

Flat lit in pink, purple, and blue on a black background. On the side of the flat is blue text that reads: “The only fair rent is no rent!” White text at the bottom reads: “Homes for people not for profit.” — The only fair rent is no rent - homes for people not for profit.

Tall building with arched windows is coloured pink and purple on a grey background. “Join a tenants union,” is in white and sits on top of the building. “We’re stronger together,” is capitalised in pink at the bottom of the building. — Poster for ACORN, Living Rent and London Renters' Union to encourage people to become members.

Blue flats with “Rent,” on one side, and “Strike,” on the other in pink. “We can’t work, we won’t pay,” in pink at the bottom. Background is grey. — Poster for Los Angeles Tenants’ Union during the Coronavirus pandemic.

"everyone has a right to a home. Either give it to us or we take it!" written in white on top of abstract cubes representing houses. — Resist evictions in a Tenants’ Union or contact the Advisory Service for Squatters.

"Hallam Cut the rent" written in pink on top of a squiggly white and black background. — Poster for Sheffield Hallam university students going on rent strike.

The word “Rent,” is 3D. It is purple with a bright pink glow on the edges. The word “Strike,” appears as a bright pink shadow beneath “Rent.” Shadowed figures pull down “Rent,” with rope. One figure sits on the letter “N.” — Design for RENT STRIKE - a network of university “Cut the Rent” groups across the UK and Ireland opposing high rents and poor conditions with rent strikes and other direct action.

Three Posters for CATU pasted on a brown fence with a white sheet of A4 paper filled with black text beside them. The posters say “End Dereliction” on a yellow background under an image of a brick red building and foreground of green trees. — Poster for CATU Cork’s anti-dereliction campaign. Empty buildings in Cork could be put to use as housing or community centres but instead they’re allowed to decay whilst developers buy up the land. Flyposted across derelict buildings in Cork.

Poster for London Renters’ Union around the theme of no evictions. Cancel rent debt! Resist evictions in a tenant’s union!

In the bottom is a black and white brutalist building with a halftone. In the top left is a black background with white text that reads: “And each empty building could be ours…” Diagonally is a curve of lines. They are yellow, orange, red, and blue. — While buildings go empty, millions go without a home needlessly.

Poster for Sacramento Tenants’ Union to encourage membership.

Cream and peach coloured vectorised flats are in the background with trees in the foreground on the left and right. Text reads: “Coronavirus,” in white at the top. At the bottom, “No evictions!” in yellow and “Suspend rent!” in beige. — Suspend rent! No evictions! Guaranteed pay for all! Precariousness is deadly. ‬Poster for London Renters’ Union.

Across the world, millions are facing eviction amidst a global pandemic. Housing is health! Resist the evictions!

A2 poster with purple background. Bright pink text looks like blocks of flats. It says: ‘Build Tenant Power’. The poster is on a brick wall with abstract white, black and red graffiti and ‘Defund the Police’ written next to it. — Together we are powerful: we can support each other, stand up to the landlords and estate agents that exploit us and win lower rents, secure tenancies, and better housing for everyone.

Red rectangle in the centre that stretches upwards. Inside is an image of a flat. “Rent strike,” is in white in the centre of the poster, with “Strike,” cutting through the word “Rent.” Bottom text reads: “We can’t pay, we don’t pay,” in white. — We can’t pay. We don’t pay. Graphic for rent strikes launched in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Green background. Cut outs of protestors are arranged in front of flats. The people and buildings are greyscale with a paper texture. Text reads: “Street by street, block by block, we will build power in our communities,” in italics in white. — Poster made for Living Rent . Join a tenants union, build power in our communities.

Poster says: “The rent is too damn high” in yellow, and “Rent strike,” in all capitals in beige directly below. Poster with a vectorised brutalist building in the background. A palm tree sits on the right. Other green plants border the foreground. — Fed up of high rents and poor conditions? Organise with your neighbours to challenge the power of landlords over our lives.

Purple buildings over a peacock blue background. On the roof of the closest building, three people hold up a banner which reads: ‘Resist Mass Evictions’. White text at the top reads “Don’t leave your home just because your landlord tells you to” — Poster for London Renters’ Union around the theme of no evictions. Cancel rent debt! Resist evictions in a tenant’s union!

Poster with a cobalt blue background and a yellow moon and stars. There is a large lilac flag planted in the moon with “Rent Strike. Cut the Rent” written in black and white text. Under the moon in tan text is: “Everything for everyone.” — Poster for RENT STRIKE and each of the Cut the Rent groups with the popular slogan “everything for everyone”.

Poster to encourage mass cancellation of unpaid rent debt during the Coronavirus pandemic.