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Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Rent Strikers Need Our Support
Residents of Capitol Park Plaza and Towers in Southwest D.C. started a rent strike this summer, protesting unsafe housing conditions and rents raised to unaffordable levels since a legislative loophole let the building change hands without first giving the tenants the right to purchase the property.
Many Capitol Park residents withheld their rent for the first time in August and will be appearing in Landlord/Tenant Court on Thursday, Sept. 11. Come rally with the strikers at 8 a.m. outside the DC Courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave. NW (Metro: Judiciary Square). For more information, call 202/484-8558.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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