rent strike
rent strike noun: 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.
Noun
rent strike (plural rent strikes)
- 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.
- Detroit Union Plans Rent Strike if Apartment Owners Get 5 Percent Increases.1942 July 11, "Protest Government Rent Control," Ludington Daily News (Michigan, USA), p. 1 (sub-headline) (retrieved 1 Nov 2011)
- 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.1981 February 19, “The City: Rent Strike Settled At Ansonia Hotel”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Nov 2011
Forms of rent strike
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Questions about rent strike
- What does rent strike mean?
- Rent strike means 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.
- What part of speech is rent strike?
- Rent strike is a noun.
- What is the plural of rent strike?
- The plural of rent strike is rent strikes.
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