A rent strike is a method of protest commonly employed against large landlords.

The department, he said, will begin its crackdown in 50 cities against landlords to more than one million people in 445,000 Section 8 units.

No repairs have yet been made or action taken against owners and landlords.

Others rose up against landlords in acts of de facto agrarian reform.

The court, the Mayor says, is skewed against landlords, because most of its judges are lawyers who used to defend tenants and poor people.

In rural China, political movements against landlords caused the humiliation and death of many former land owners.

There had been agrarian terrorism against landlords which these new laws were to help crush.

Koch administration officials said they had improved collections against landlords.

They always have grounds for rebellion against landlords, state agents, and merchants who exploit them.

Last year, the agency initiated about 2,000 cases against landlords, almost all for failure to provide heat.