"On Friday in #Montreal, hundreds took to the streets against #Bill31, which would make changes to leases, eviction procedures and beyond. Photos from the Montreal Autonomous Tenant's Union, which is also organizing a rent strike. #RentStrike"

what other punk bands do u listen to?

Me?

i listen to AJJ, apes of the state, pat the bunny, defiance ohio, days n daze, the mountain goats, the taxpayers, harley poe, anxiety cat, black dresses, bridge city sinners and crywank

thats everything i think can be considered punk at least vaguely. I have some other stuff but i more just tried it but never properly listened to it later on like ferocious dogs and rentstrike

Thorncliffe Park tenants go on rentstrike against their landlords Starlight Investments and PSP, a pension fund for federal government employees. Sonia Israel with her daughter Tricia-Ann.

My story in Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/12/6/in-a-toronto-neighbourhood-renters-go-up-against-big-owners

"Tenants Keep Your Rent, Landlords Keep Your Distance"

"Rent Strike / Tenants keep your rent, landlords keep your distance"

Poster seen in Sydney

Join The NYC Eviction Defense Network

With the pandemic and economic crisis continuing unchecked, more than 50,000 New Yorkers face eviction when housing court reopens. Even more of us are struggling to afford food, medicine, and other necessities while being burdened with New York’s insane rents.

Unfortunately when eviction cases make it to court, the laws in place favor landlords over families and individuals. City marshals and police will try to forcibly remove people staying in their homes past a court mandated eviction.

We can work together to help people stay in their homes! In New York, coordinated resistance has lead to success. During the Great Depression, tenants in New York undertook massive rent strikes, and fought back against evictions using a range of creative and confrontational tactics. These renters were able to stay in their homes. In the Lower East Side, tenants fixed up buildings and resisted eviction for almost two decades!

With a solid plan and organization we can stay in our homes, and help others stay in theirs as well.

There are two ways you can help build the eviction defense network.

First, if you or someone you know can’t pay rent and fear eviction, we will help you set up an eviction defense group so that we can collectively pressure your landlord to do the right thing (description below). If you are interested in organizing a local eviction defense group or tenants union in your building or block, please get in touch with us. We have experienced tenant organizers who will help you through the process, and we would love to work with you. Reach out to us here: [email protected]

Second, you can join our city-wide eviction defense rapid response call list. We have to be ready to resist the landlords and courts when they inevitably lash out against tenants. You don’t need experience to participate. You simply have to be willing to fight for the right of you and your neighbors to stay in your homes. We will provide training on eviction defense based on practices that have been successful. By joining the city-wide eviction defense call list, you will be on call in case someone in your area faces harassment by their landlord or imminent eviction. Sign up here.

We would love to work with tenants or tenants union who share this vision. Please reach out to us if you would like assistance from this network!

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“We need a rent strike”

Linus do be spittin facts doe

Hehehe

All We Have is Each Other 

Landlords are like "if my renters don't pay, I could lose my house!"

Well, maybe if you hadn't bought a second - third, fourth, etc -  house you couldn't afford you wouldn't be in this predicament. Shoulda planned ahead and had savings to take care of it.

https://youtu.be/C9et4J48QCA

(Not Comics...but honestly I'm pretty mad about this...) "Hooverville" is- A shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless. Named after the 31st President Herbert Hoover; the President during the onset of the Great Depression... News won't call these camps what they are, and in some areas like Denver, camps are being swept despite officials promising not to clear these camps during COVID AND the CDC's advisement against it; because people are "complaining", and to cover up the homeless/housing crisis happening. This isn't just CO; other states are seeing similar camps cropping up. If our Government in not going to provide things like rent relief, Coronavirus testing, or another round of stimulus checks; we should at the very least christen these camps with an accurate name- "Trump Dumps". Have Trump's legacy be marked, not by towers or casinos, but by the people who have been utterly abandoned by this crisis. With mass eviction happening, this problem is only going to get worse. Don't let this be ignored or silenced by officials pushing the homeless out of public eye, so our government can be spared the humiliation that they are leaving people to live in tents because our country doesn't have affordable housing. So our government can cover up its TERRIBLE handling of a pandemic that left thousands of Americans vulnerable. Reblog this. Use the hashtag '#trumpdumps'. Write to government officials, like Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, who is currently sweeping these camps. Or to newspapers essentially playing up the moral panic of these camps, ignoring how they came about IN THE FIRST PLACE. But please remember- with rent and eviction, and the high possibility of a second wave hitting the U.S.... The homeless have nowhere to go. They can't stay in shelters because many shelters are seeing Coronavirus outbreaks. Many can't make money panhandling because people are scared to get near them with the virus. Some states are providing things like toilets, showering, and campgrounds...others are not. These are people who are desperate and deserve kindness. Treat people how you would want to be treated- because with the way things are going, anybody could end up in their situation. (Okay- PSA over!)

‘Rent Strike Now!’

"No Pay? No Rent! Rent Strike April 1"

Seen in Seattle