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These Universities Are Offering Rent Refunds for Students During Lockdown
Some unis in England are offering rent rebates for students unable to return to halls due to COVID restrictions. Some others... are not.
How Manchester Became the Epicentre of the COVID Student Revolution
This is the story of a bunch of teenagers who, away from home for the first time, started a movement.
Manchester Students Win 30 Percent Rent Reduction Following Strike
Students at the University of Manchester will also be given the option to break from their contract without penalty.
A University Says It Will Take Unpaid Rent Out of Student Bursaries
The move by the University of Bristol, made during a rent strike, risks penalising students from households with lower incomes.
Victory For Tenants of Billionaire Landlord Facing 'Revenge Eviction'
The east London residents garnered national coverage in the UK after letting agents said they could use savings from lunch and holidays to pay rent during the pandemic.
Students Who Tore Down COVID Fences Now Occupy Tower Block During Rent Strike
Students occupying the tower in Manchester say they are unhappy about threats to fine them for taking part in rent-striking, and the university's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
7 People Talk About Not Being Able to Make Rent During a Pandemic
Some have been on a rent strike, some are on the verge of eviction, some are dealing with landlords who suggest letting a stranger's family move in to help share the cost of rent.
Tenants Are Facing 'Revenge Evictions' After Demanding a Rent Reduction
Multiple people in east London face eviction despite having always paid their rent, and say they have been surveilled by agents acting for their billionaire landlord.
London Is Hell for Renters. I’m Rent Striking
“If I was to pay a part of my rent to the landlord, it would be difficult to put food on the table. It's as dark as that.”
Cancel Rent Protesters Laid Down ‘Body Bags’ in Front of a Luxury Kushner Property
Protesters also lined up outside Blackstone and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mansion.
New York City Tenants Want the State to Cancel Their Rent. So They’re Going on Strike.
“People don’t have the money to pay the rent, and what we’re asking them to do is politicize that experience,” said Tara Raghuveer.