{"id":116373,"date":"2020-05-15T04:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T21:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/activists-urge-tenants-hit-by-coronavirus-crisis-to-stop-paying-rent\/"},"modified":"2020-05-15T04:15:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T21:15:10","slug":"activists-urge-tenants-hit-by-coronavirus-crisis-to-stop-paying-rent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/activists-urge-tenants-hit-by-coronavirus-crisis-to-stop-paying-rent\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists urge tenants hit by coronavirus crisis to stop paying rent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nLondon Renters Union among those calling on people to plege to withhold rent to meet basic needsCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageActivists are calling on tenants whose incomes have been hit by the coronavirus crisis to withhold all or part of their payments to landlords, in an attempt to generalise a growing rent strike movement.The campaign, headed by the London Renters Union, comes after activists in the US and Australia, and students at universities across the UK, began withholding their rents because of the crisis. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2020\/may\/14\/activists-urge-tenants-hit-by-coronavirus-crisis-to-stop-paying-rent\" target=\"_blank\">Activists urge tenants hit by coronavirus crisis to stop paying rent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; London Renters Union among those calling on people to plege to withhold rent to 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