Reading The Housing Question, by Friedrich Engels

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Join us in reading the seminal text on the political economy of housing. Written in 1872, “The Housing Question” is Friedrich Engels critique of the housing market and the solutions promoted by his contemporaries. 150 years later his work resonates just as much, if not more, with current struggles of tenants.

This first session of this two part series will have readers discuss the various historical attitudes and debates around housing and apply those lessons to our modern housing crisis. Engels saw the primary role of tenancy in the lives of proletarian reproduction and how the conflicting nature of home ownership and market growth ultimately left tenants out in the cold. Our final session will explore solutions provided by Engels and ways to take collective action towards the eventual collective ownership of housing.

A full PDF of the book can be found here.

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