rent strike

Noun

 * 1) A form of social or economic protest in which tenants who rent housing, commercial space, or other property act as a group to refuse to pay their rent until the landlord makes demanded improvements to the property or to the terms of the rental contracts.
 * 2) * 1942 July 11, "Protest Government Rent Control," Ludington Daily News (Michigan, USA), p. 1 (sub-headline) (retrieved 1 Nov 2011) :
 * Detroit Union Plans Rent Strike if Apartment Owners Get 5 Percent Increases.