Rent strikes — in which tenants aim to withhold rent until their grievances are addressed — have grown more common in several cities where gentrification is cutting into affordable housing. Here's how the efforts work. (wamu885)
if a landlord fails to take care of required repairs. Virginia tenants are advised to continue paying rent, or risk eviction; they can take the case to court if a landlord does not respond to requests to address the issue.Tenants have the right to withhold rent on an individual basis, and in most cases, rent strikes are carried out this way.
Organizations such as his argue that there may be more strength in numbers. Recent strikes in D.C. have been organized by an amalgam of local groups, including the Latino Economic Development Center, the, Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and Stomp Out Slumlords, the campaign mentioned above, which is under the local wing of the Democratic Socialists of America.
At the initial court meeting, many tenants first meet with the landlord's attorney, about 95% of whom have attorneys, says Beth Mellen Harrison, the director of the Eviction Defense Project for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. Landlords usually give tenants a consent judgment, she says.
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