Meaning of rent strike | Babel Free

Definitions

A form of social or economic protest in which tenants who rent housing, commercial space, or other property act as a group to refuse to pay their rent until the landlord makes demanded improvements to the property or to the terms of the rental contracts.

Examples

“Detroit Union Plans Rent⟳ Strike⟳ if Apartment Owners Get⟳ 5 Percent Increases.”

“A rent⟳ strike⟳ for the last⟳ year by tenants of the Ansonia Hotel, at Broadway and 73d Street, was settled. . . . Tenants complained about incoveniences arising from the new owners' attempts to renovate.”

“Angry publicans are planning a rent⟳ strike⟳ against landlords Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns after last⟳ week's Office of Fair Trading ruling that the beer tie between tenants and pub companies was not anti-competitive.”

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