Mortgageopoly
Mortgageopoly is a satirical, dramatic, and deeply personal exploration of the modern housing crisis told through the lives of three millennials-Maya, Sarah, and Dante-each battling to survive in a rigged real estate system dominated by hedge funds, corporate landlords, and policies designed to exclude the very people who build, teach, clean, and sustain their communities.
As the story unfolds, Maya-a public school teacher-navigates rising rents, impossible mortgage hurdles, and the emotional toll of never feeling stable. Sarah, an activist and former tenant, leads public campaigns and legislative fights to expose the systemic exploitation behind urban redevelopment and gentrification. Dante, a tech-savvy designer and organizer, builds digital tools like The Chain to document mass evictions, ghost properties, and predatory investment patterns in real time.
Through protests, community meetings, tenant unions, legal battles, and underground resistance, the trio-and an ever-growing coalition-expose how the housing market has become a monopoly board for billionaires, where homes are hoarded like stock and lived-in neighborhoods are reduced to asset portfolios.
From mass rent strikes and viral campaigns like "Gentrifyville" to reclaiming abandoned buildings and writing their own housing manifesto, the movement grows from local outrage into a national and even global uprising. Along the way, they resist intimidation, reshape the narrative, and eventually begin to build something new: community land trusts, cooperative housing, and systems that prioritize people over profit.
By the end, Mortgageopoly isn't just a critique of a broken housing system-it's a call to action. It shows that change doesn't come from asking for fairness at a rigged table. It comes from flipping the board and building a new one, together.
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