Ep 195: The Landlord Experience w/ Kevin Rogan (Full)
Added 2022-10-19 10:00:00 +0000 UTCSean is joined by the notorious Kevin Rogan, urbanism blogger extraordinaire and Marxist scourge of landlord Twitter, to talk about how housing, development and rent under capitalism.
How do housing markets work? (Hint: not at all) Why are landlords objectively both evil and stupid? (Hint: it's baked in) What do NIMBYs/YIMBYs represent? (Hint: two competing factions of capital) How do we fight the land owners and win? And how do tenant unions fit into the broader struggle against capital?
Kevin's Substack: https://kevinrogan.substack.com/
Song: Mirah - Dear Landlord
Comments
Glad for it!
My fake name
2022-10-21 05:32:20 +0000 UTCHeat's back on!
Steve Shales
2022-10-20 04:11:24 +0000 UTCGetting your heat fixed in June neatly tests the limits of "better late than never."
5k Race Warrior
2022-10-20 04:08:21 +0000 UTCwe did an episode with fellow consutrction workers Billy O'Connor and John Tormey where we touch on this, should be easy to find in the archives ;)
The Antifada
2022-10-19 22:00:56 +0000 UTCDo you guys have any episodes that maybe go a bit more indepth on how/why a lot of construction unions can be fairly reactionary? I'm thinking about how LiUNA endorsed Doug Ford up here in Ontario in the last provincial election.
Mark Brian Wilson
2022-10-19 19:53:12 +0000 UTCholy shit I see these buildings that you guys called 5 over 1s everywhere and I'm always complaining about them and I feel like everyone thinks I'm insane. People just get mad at me when I talk about how I feel like building quality has been plummeting in recent history. Glad to see that someone else has noticed how awful and depressing these buildings are, and even better that it's been expressed more clearly and quantitatively than my vague feelings.
Samuel Yusim
2022-10-19 18:55:53 +0000 UTCAces ππ»! Besides being a terrific guest, guy upsets all the absolute worst people.
Red Shmoo
2022-10-19 18:30:53 +0000 UTCCalatrava is a Spaniard btw Sean though as a Porkchop I'm in favor of Spaniard erasure
self loathing egomaniac
2022-10-19 15:57:06 +0000 UTCMan, perfect timing. I just started following this guy. His substack looks great. The last piece on the organic composition of the residential building industry was fantastic
PrinceVocalFry
2022-10-19 14:19:19 +0000 UTCone long file is definitely more convenient to listen to.
Magiteker
2022-10-19 13:58:04 +0000 UTCwe're now trying to put the bonus out as one long episode because people there were some cplaints about the previews. what do you think?
The Antifada
2022-10-19 13:44:55 +0000 UTClooks like you forgot to split the episodes, great content as always.
Magiteker
2022-10-19 13:07:35 +0000 UTCLiving in the province of Ontario in Canada. I pay rent that includes heat at my apartment. In spite of this my landlord has had the heat off for 3 days. I've complained to him (he's aware of the situation) but he won't act. It's 3 degrees above freezing outside and about the same temperature in my apartment currently. My only recourse if he doesn't want to turn the heat on this winter is a months-long battle at the Landlord and Tenant Board where I may be able to get a legal ruling insisting he turn the heat on. But that could take months. This is life for the working class in first-world Canada.
Steve Shales
2022-10-19 10:07:13 +0000 UTC
