Rent strike
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A rent strike is a method of protest commonly employed against large landlords such as universities. In a rent strike, a group of tenants come together and agree to refuse to pay their rent en masse until a specific list of demands is met by the landlord. This can be a useful tactic of final resort for use against intransigent landlords, but carries the obvious risk of eviction in some cases.
Historically, rent strikes have often been used in response to problems such as high rents, poor conditions in the property, or unreasonable tenancy demands; however, there have been situations where wider issues have led to such action.
During "The troubles" in Northern Ireland, participants in the Civil Rights movement withheld rent and council rates from local councils in protest at internment.
