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Rent Strike
October 11, 2024
Sam Russek
The Best Tool to Solve the Housing Crisis
To improve conditions and lower prices, tenants should start withholding rent.
April 2, 2021
Tracy Rosenthal
The Enduring Fiction of Affordable Housing
These public-private partnerships skate by on their complexity and branding, but they undermine a future where housing is a right.
April 1, 2021
Marie Solis
The Eternal Quest for the Unicorn Apartment
Why we gawk at stories about rent-controlled apartments, and how the basics—a secure, affordable roof over one’s head—became the stuff of fantasy
December 1, 2020
Nick Martin
Welcome to the Pandemic Cliff
The end of the year is a month away, and remaining relief programs are expiring. We are desperately unprepared for what waits on the other side.
September 18, 2020
A. Ramirez
,
Nick Martin
I’m Living Under the Weight of Nearly Four Months of Back Rent
“What really worries me is what’s gonna happen next year. I may find more income sources; I may not.”
May 29, 2020
Apollo O'Deorain
,
Nick Martin
My Life on Rent Strike
“We’re not asking for handouts. We’re asking for genuine human compassion during this time.”
April 30, 2020
Nick Martin
The Era of the Endless Rent Strike
Out of work and with little savings, millions of tenants are already part of a movement. They just don’t know it yet.
March 30, 2020
Daniel Boguslaw
Rent Strike Nation
Interest in tenant activism has surged in the face of the coronavirus. Organizers are trying to seize the moment and build a movement.
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