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Socialists want to abolish landlords. Good luck finding an apartment

By Ori Solow
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The Democratic Socialists of America has imagined a future in which the bills disappear.

“You don’t pay a mortgage or have a landlord,” its 2026 program declares. Its housing agenda calls for publicly owned construction, tighter regulation of investment properties, and universal rent control.

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