Jacob Woocher

Jacob Woocher is an eviction defense lawyer and an organizer with the Los Angeles Tenants Union.

News

Six Years Into Rent Strike, Tenants Union Will Battle Landlord in LA Court

The Hillside Villa Tenants Association is engaged in one of the longest rent strikes in the history of Los Angeles.

February 19, 2024

Op-Ed

Rents may have decreased for some in major cities, but the massive eviction crisis shows the true nature of the market.

January 8, 2021

Op-Ed

Vacant homes and mass homelessness show that the market is the problem, not the solution, to the housing crisis.

October 23, 2020

Op-Ed

Tenants are fighting back against privatized affordable housing and against concepts of capitalist land ownership.

November 6, 2019

News

We shouldn't be fooled by the giant retailer's newly populist rhetoric.

July 13, 2015