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The notion of rent strikes is becoming increasingly plausible, in no small part because they're already happening. Sick of conditions described as "unbearable," hundreds of students at four Central London halls of residents have withheld rent over grievances ranging from appalling facilities, cockroaches, and rodent infestation to incessant noise from building works .Whilst two of the halls composed largely of SOAS students ended their strike having successfully won compensation from their landlords, UCL management have resorted to threats of evictions and exclusion from the university. But it is increasingly likely this will backfire, with groups including the Radical Housing Network pledging to shut down UCL's all-important open day to prospective students on July 3 unless the strikers' demands are met.
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