The Risks of Rent Strikes

There is a track record of rent strikes providing some benefits, you know, allowing tenants to negotiate with landlords. It also brings about certain policy changes and push for or highlight further the need for affordable and accessible housing. In Harlem, in New York City, rent boycotts were so successful that it decreased Rent Control legislation. They can also be difficult to coordinate, especially for those who are really kind of risk eviction.