Collective Action

Lebanon tenants hold protests over rent hikes

On 01 Feb 17, tenants held a brief demonstration in the Dora area just north of the capital in protest of Parliament's amendment of a controversial rent law that they say will make rent prohibitively expensive.

Date: 
February 1, 2017
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Affected group (inc. NIMBY)
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) : 
N/A
Mode of Action: 
Demonstration
Objective: 
Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ etc.
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Access to socio-eco rights
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency: 
Episodic
State response: 
N/A

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Village Name: 
Daoura
Local Name: 
Baouchariat
Caza: