rent strikes

A form of rent strike — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of rent strike
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