rent strike
noun
: a refusal by a group of tenants to pay rent (as in protest against high rates)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web About half the residents launched a rent strike in May, prompting Cook Properties to send out about 30 eviction notices. 
CBS News, 26 July 2022 About half the residents launched a rent strike in May, prompting Cook Properties to send out about 30 eviction notices. CBS News, 26 July 2022 About half the residents launched a rent strike in May, prompting Cook Properties to send out about 30 eviction notices. Michael Casey And Carolyn Thompson, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2022 Ana Rodriguez Montoya, a Laurel resident and community organizer for CASA Maryland, has been listening to residents’ stories and knocking on doors to win support for a rent strike. Hau Chu, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 The tenants, which also announced a rent strike, are being organized by Tenants & Neighbors and are represented by Manhattan Legal Services' Tenant Rights Coalition, according to a news release. ABC News, 8 June 2022 During the First World War, Mary Barbour, a housing campaigner, whom Sturgeon says is one of her heroes, led a rent strike in Govan which spread across the city. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021 Jackson encouraged the residents to organize a rent strike, an action allowed by the city. Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2021 When increases actually went into effect in February during the pandemic, many in the association had lost jobs or hours and had already committed to a partial or full rent strike, simply refusing to pay. Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2021 See More
CBS News, 26 July 2022 About half the residents launched a rent strike in May, prompting Cook Properties to send out about 30 eviction notices. CBS News, 26 July 2022 About half the residents launched a rent strike in May, prompting Cook Properties to send out about 30 eviction notices. Michael Casey And Carolyn Thompson, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2022 Ana Rodriguez Montoya, a Laurel resident and community organizer for CASA Maryland, has been listening to residents’ stories and knocking on doors to win support for a rent strike. Hau Chu, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 The tenants, which also announced a rent strike, are being organized by Tenants & Neighbors and are represented by Manhattan Legal Services' Tenant Rights Coalition, according to a news release. ABC News, 8 June 2022 During the First World War, Mary Barbour, a housing campaigner, whom Sturgeon says is one of her heroes, led a rent strike in Govan which spread across the city. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021 Jackson encouraged the residents to organize a rent strike, an action allowed by the city. Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2021 When increases actually went into effect in February during the pandemic, many in the association had lost jobs or hours and had already committed to a partial or full rent strike, simply refusing to pay. Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
rent strike
noun
: a refusal by a group of tenants to pay rent (as in protest against high rates)