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The 1918–1920 New York City rent strikes were some of the most significant tenant mobilizations against landlords in New York City history. [2] A housing shortage caused by World War I had exacerbated tenant conditions, with the construction industry being redirected to support the war effort. In addition, newly available defense jobs ...
In 1904, landlords called for a general rent increase of 20-30% starting May 1. In response, tenants organized into tenants unions and started a mass rent strike in the Lower East Side, the first rent strike in New York City. The strike comprised 800 tenement houses wherein 2,000 tenants faced eviction. [1]
The rent strike of 1904 was the first mass rent strike in New York City's history [5] [1] and lasted nearly a month. [1] It was initially organized informally among Jewish immigrant women in the Lower East Side, [ 5 ] who canvassed the neighborhood for support and organized strategy meetings, pickets, and tenants unions . [ 3 ]
The 1918-20 New York City Rent strikes were some of the most significant tenant mobilizations against landlords in NYC history. As a result of a World War 1 housing shortage, a coal shortage during a brutal winter, frequent raising of rents and landlord property speculation; Waves of rent strikes occurred across the entire city among poor and ...
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In 1920, New York adopted the Emergency Rent Laws, which effectively charged the courts of New York State with their administration. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The rent laws were the result of a series of widespread rent strikes in New York City from 1918 to 1920 that had been sparked by a World War 1 housing shortage, and the subsequent land ...