UCL Rent Strike: Over £1m Withheld, Victory Underway
by David Dahlborn
20% of UCL renters are currently on strike, withholding over £1m in the process and showing that mass planned noncompliance is the hammer-blow exploitative landlords need.
Tag: rent strike
Long Read: Cut the Rent: Striking Students on the Front Lines of the Housing Crisis
by Anabel Bennett-López
Sunday Long Read: Rent-striking students at UCL show no signs of capitulating, and could even escalate their action before the academic year is up. Could the rent strike be the survival tactic needed to tackle the UK's housing crisis?
Rent Strike! 3 Lessons from the UCL Cut the Rent Campaign
by Carlus Hudson
Having won £400k in compensation last year, the UCL Cut the Rent campaign has once again declared a rent strike, with over 150 students collectively withholding £250k until demands for a 40% rent cut are met.
4 Reasons the UCL Rent Strike Victory is Important for All Students
by Hope Worsdale and Callum Cant
The UCL rent strike has emerged victorious, with the university forced to cough up £100k for the "unacceptable living conditions" of its student halls. With a national free education demo coming up, the win comes at an excellent time for students.
5 Videos on the Last 100 Years of Housing in the UK
by Novara Reporters
The housing crisis in the UK is becoming an unavoidable issue for mainstream politicians and media alike, and is set to remain a key agenda item over the coming years. Listed below are five short videos examining themes which link James Butler’s interview with a Balfron Tower evictee, the recent acclaimed LRB article ‘Where will we […]