The following is a list of specific rent strikes—tenants refusing to pay some or all of their rent.
Definition
A rent strike is a collective direct action where tenants refuse to pay rent to landlords as a leverage of bargining power.
Chronological list of rent strikes DateStrikePlaceCountry1839–1845Anti-Rent WarUpstate, New York StateUnited States1864PEI Tenant League rent strikePrince Edward IslandCanada19041904 New York City rent strikeNew York CityUnited States1907Broom strike of 1907Buenos AiresArgentina1907–19081907 New York City rent strikeNew York CityUnited States19151915 Glasgow rent strikesGlasgowScotland1918–19201918–1920 New York City rent strikesNew York CityUnited States1920-19211920–1921 Chicago rent strikesChicagoUnited States19251925 Tenant MovementPanama City and ColónPanama19311931 Barcelona rent strikeBarcelonaSpain1936–19371936–1937 Gothenburg rent strike, GothenburgSweden1965–1968Tulare labor camps rent strikeTulare County, CaliforniaUnited States19661966 West Side Rent StrikeWest Side, ChicagoUnited States1970–19731970–1973 Republic of Ireland rent strikesnationwideRepublic of Ireland1971Anti-internment rent and rates strikenationwideNorthern Ireland1972–1973Kirkby Rent StrikeKirkbyEngland1985-1990Soweto rent strikes SowetoSouth Africa20172017 Parkdale rent strikeParkdale, TorontoCanada2017-2018Mariachi Plaza Rent StrikeBoyle Heights, Los AngelesUnited States2018Burlington Ave. rent strikeWestlake, Los AngelesUnited States2020-2025Hillside Villa rent strikeChinatown, Los AngelesUnited States2023-202433 King St. & 22 John St. rent strikeWeston, TorontoCanada2023-2024Lawrence Ave W rent strikeTorontoCanada2023-2025Thorncliffe Park Drive rent strikeTorontoCanada2023-presentUnion of Pinnacle Tenants rent strikeNew York CityUnited States2024–20252024 Kansas City metropolitan area rent strikeKansas City metropolitan areaUnited States2025–present2025 rent strike against Capital Realty GroupSeven locations nationwideUnited States2026–present2026 Parkdale rent strikeParkdale, TorontoCanada
See also
List of tenant union federations List of labour strikes
References