(Rent)Strike The Superbowl: Minneapolis Renters Going on Strike Ahead of Superbowl
Today, renters across Minneapolis are announcing the largest rent strike in recent memory to fight for safe, affordable and dignified homes for all Minneapolis renters. Thousands of renters across the city are living without heat in the dead of winter, with mold, roaches and other poor conditions, and are facing some of the fastest rising rents in the country.
Now, ahead of the Superbowl renters are taking a stand to say Enough Is Enough!
Led by Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia (Tenants United For Justice) the #IXRentStrike is part of the growing movement in Minneapolis and across the country to win rent control and homes for all. Minneapolis renters are showing us all the way forward, and the kind of bold, direct action we will need to change the system and win a more just housing system.
Take Action to Support the Minneapolis Rent Strike:
Follow Inquilinxs Unidxs on Facebook and Twitter and amplify The Rent Strike on social media using the #IXRentStrike and #SBLIIBlackOut hashtags.
Sample Posts:
While @MinnesotaSuperBowl fans pay exorbitant costs for their AirB&Bs and hotel rooms, many Minneapolis renters can’t afford to pay their rent and live in unsafe conditions. That is why they are going on strike for safe, affordable and dignified housing. I support Minneapolis renters on strike. #SBLIIBlackOut #IXRentStrike
Everyone should have access to safe, affordable and dignified housing. The rich elite are profiting off of the @MinnesotaSuperBowl, while low-income renters are struggling. That is why I support renters going on strike in Minneapolis. #SBLIIBlackOut #IXRentStrike
Can you imagine what it’s like to have no heat or hot water in the dead of a Minnesota winter? Renters in Minneapolis deserve better. I stand with striking renters now. #SBLIIBlackOut #IXRentStrike
Everyone deserves safe, affordable and dignified housing. That is why I stand with renters striking in Minneapolis. #SBLIIBlackOut #IXRentStrike
No one should have to live in an home full of mold, pest infestations, and water damage. That is why I stand with renters on strike in Minneapolis. #SBLIIBlackOut #IXRentStrike
Find More Sample Social Media Posts & Graphics HERE.
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The courageous stand by Minneapolis renters is part of a week long set of direct actions being organized by a coalition of black liberation, racial, economic & climate justice, and immigrant & worker rights organizations to highlight the impacts of the Superbowl on communities of color and low-income people and demand that the City of Minneapolis divest from violence, invest in community, and imagine what’s possible.
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