#CancelRent Is New Rallying Cry for Tenants. Landlords Are Alarmed.

#CancelRent Is New Rallying Cry for Tenants. Landlords Are Alarmed.

New York | #CancelRent Is New Rallying Cry for Tenants.. From New York to Los Angeles, tenant groups are encouraging millions of renters to withhold May rent, which landlords warn would be devastating.. As unemployment soars across the country, tenants rights groups and community nonprofits have rallied around an audacious goal: to persuade the government to halt rent and mortgage payments - without back payments accruing - for as long as the economy is battered by the coronavirus.. We lack enough politicians with political will to actually help people who are tenants and actually help people who are mom-and-pop landlords.". But In New York and other cities, landlords say they too are struggling to pay their bills since many tenants have already been unable to pay rent.. Mr. Martin said that if tenants' rights organizers wanted to target a main driver of high housing costs, they should encourage elected officials to cut property taxes.. New York, which has more housing units than any place in the United States, is a city of renters: There are nearly 2.2 million rental units in the city.. Joseph Strasburg, the president of the Rent Stabilization Association, which represents 25,000 landlords in