rent strike
Withholding housing payments
A rent strike is an organized action in which tenants collectively withhold rent payments to pressure landlords or property owners into addressing grievances—typically poor living conditions, excessive rent increases, or disputes over tenant rights.
The building's residents launched a rent strike after months without heat.
The tactic treats rent as leverage, risking eviction to force negotiation.
Formal demand to vacate
- lease terminationEnding a rental agreement
- housing courtTribunal for dwelling disputes
- tenant rightsLessee's legal entitlements
- fair housingAntidiscrimination laws for rentals
security deposit · legal aid · retaliation · lease violation · nonpayment · escrow account · withholding · legal protection
Organized economic protest
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- collective actionOrganized group pursuit
civil disobedience · movement · coalition · tenant organizing · direct action · nonviolent resistance · advocacy · social justice
Wholeness through cohesion
- collectiveJointly organized group
- tenant unionOrganized body of leaseholders
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- supportTo uphold or sustain
cooperation · community · fellowship · alliance · neighbor · collective bargaining · strength in numbers · united front
Forced departure from rental
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- tenantOne who rents property
- leaseTemporary use contract
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
housing crisis · gentrification · habitability · affordable housing · displacement · slumlord · housing court · public housing
eviction notice
Formal demand to vacate
- lease terminationEnding a rental agreement
- housing courtTribunal for dwelling disputes
- tenant rightsLessee's legal entitlements
fair housing · security deposit · legal aid · retaliation · lease violation · nonpayment · escrow account · withholding · legal protection · court proceedings
boycott
Organized economic protest
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
collective action · civil disobedience · movement · coalition · tenant organizing · direct action · nonviolent resistance · advocacy · social justice · reform
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- collectiveJointly organized group
- tenant unionOrganized body of leaseholders
- mutual aidCooperative community support
support · cooperation · community · fellowship · alliance · neighbor · collective bargaining · strength in numbers · united front · common cause
eviction
Forced departure from rental
arrears · housing crisis · gentrification · habitability · affordable housing · displacement · slumlord · housing court · public housing · housing shortage
- rentingtenant, landlord, lease, lease agreement, deposit
- rent
- class struggleclass conflict, class warfare, class divide, class struggle, class consciousness
- economic protestconsumer boycott, picket, picket line, walkout, work stoppage
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, picket lines, pickets, picket line
- tenancytenant, tenancy, lease agreement, landlord, tenancies
rent strikeeviction
Forced departure from rental
lockout · rent increase · utility shutoff · lease termination · property seizure
rent, strike, rents, rented, renting, rental, rentals, renter, renters