rent strike

noun

: a refusal by a group of tenants to pay rent (as in protest against high rates)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Cea Weaver, an organizer with the New York–based Housing Justice for All, told me that one tenant on rent strike said that her landlord attempted to debit an entire year of rent from her bank account. —

Clio Chang, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2021 Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate To fight an unexpected $400 rent increase that would have priced her out of her Concord apartment in 2016, Betty Gabaldon led a rent strike with her neighbors. —

Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2023 Over 15 months, Batalla withheld rent from UCLA family housing, joining a rent strike of UCLA tenants. —

Tracy Rosenthal, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2022 And with the repairs still not made, the tenants began planning a rent strike. —

Wilfred Chan, Curbed, 8 Dec. 2022 Quincy Village is the second Prince George’s County complex owned by Schweb Partners to go on a rent strike this year. —

John D. Harden, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2022 About half the residents launched a rent strike in May, prompting Cook Properties to send out about 30 eviction notices. —

CBS News, 26 July 2022 About half the residents launched a rent strike in May, prompting Cook Properties to send out about 30 eviction notices. —

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