Rent Strike

27 Sep 2021

SF’s Biggest Landlord Veritas is Facing a Tenants ‘Debt Strike’ Revolt

As of Monday morning, the state of California sits four days from a September 30 eviction cliff, and nearly 5,000 San Francisco households have applications for rent relief that are still completely in limbo. Obviously, quite a few of these terrified tenants live in properties belonging to Veritas Investments, San

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19 Feb 2021

What I Learned from Organizing a Rent Strike

It’s no secret that the Pandemic has had a devastating toll on New York City. Homelessness is at all time highs, COVID cases are surging, and record numbers of people are leaving the city. The only good thing to come of it is that for the first time since the

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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30 Apr 2020

Rent Strike in the Mission Advocated by David Bowie Church Leader

Via – Lysol Tony-Romeo,  David Bowie Church Hi my name is Lysol Tony-Romeo, and I’m here to recruit you! To not pay rent this month. In addition to being the Revered of your local David Bowie Church I’m the master tenant of a house of 9 people in the Mission.

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26 Apr 2020

Oakland Educators Discuss Joining Upcoming Rent Strike

Educators in Oakland met in an electronic town hall on Saturday, April 25, to discuss a raft of problems caused in large measure by the novel coronavirus. Around 80 faculty, staff and community members chatted via Zoom in a conference organized by the Oakland Education Association to organize participation in

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