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Rent strike Nye 1908

Rent strike Nye 1908

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Illustration of 1907 w:New York City Rent Strike by cartoonist Gordon Nye (1881-1950) in the Yiddish newspaper Di Varhayt.

In a rent strike, a group of tenants come together and agree to refuse to pay their rent en masse until a specific list of demands is met by the landlord. This can be a useful tactic of final resort for use against intransigent landlords, but carries the risk of eviction and lowered credit scores in some cases. Historically, rent strikes have often been used in response to problems such as high rents, poor conditions in the property, or unreasonable tenancy demands; however, there have been situations where wider issues have led to such action.

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08/01/1908
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