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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 ...
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 ]
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]
A rent strike in Harlem, New York City, September 1919. A rent strike, sometimes known as a tenants strike or a renters strike, is a method of protest commonly employed against large landlords. In a rent strike, a group of tenants agree to collectively withhold paying some or all of their rent to their landlords en masse until
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Union members at the 2 Kansas City area apartment buildings approved a rent strike as part of a national effort pushing for rent caps and holding building owners accountable.
1907 New York City rent strike: 1907 New York City: 10,000 Cigar makers' strike of 1877: 1877–1878 New York City: 10,000 idle 1978 New York City newspaper strike: 1978 New York City: 10,000 Thibodaux massacre (Sugar cane workers' strike) 1887 Lafourche Parish, Louisiana: 10,000 Battle of Blair Mountain: 1921 Logan County, West Virginia: 9,000
The project was funded by the state; rentals initially cost $12 a room. [11] Once completed, the neighborhood saw a population decrease from over 2,000 residents to around 1,200. [7] In December 1970, led by the Young Lords, tenants organized a rent strike until NYCHA provided more police officers to help preserve their community. [12]