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The Quality Hill Towers tenants union is currently organizing the largest rent strike in decades.
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Sam Delgado, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Most recently, several tenants went on a rent strike, and later said the company filed retaliatory evictions because of the strike.
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Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2024
Tenants at the 82-unit complex have formed a union, gone on rent strike and voiced concerns about high levels of lead as well as other issues with conditions at the apartments.
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Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2024
Her most notable work includes reviving Juneteenth celebrations and organizing a rent strike.
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Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
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“Rent strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20strike. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
Legal Definition
rent strike
noun
: a refusal by a group of tenants to pay rent (as in protest against high rates)
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