Organized rent strikes can give tenants greater leverage in negotiations with their landlords.
"D.C. appears to be in the midst of a rent-strike resurgence. From an ongoing strike in Columbia Heights to a recently resolved strike in Brightwood Park, the practice has emerged at several buildings in the city as a means to provoke landlord compliance with housing code. Rent strikes — in which tenants aim to withhold rent until their grievances are addressed — have grown more common in several cities contending with the impact of gentrification on affordable housing. And the strategy isn’t new to D.C., where an ultimately unsuccessful 1964 strike nonetheless inspired a spate of similar efforts, with mixed results, through the 1960s and 1970s. So how does a rent strike work? Here are the basics. ..."
WAMU
“Organizing 4 power”, from workers to tenants
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