Drop The Rents

“Drop the rents” is an IRSP (web) campaign (pdf) to prevent gentrification by getting landlords to set rents in line with the Local Housing Allowance. (You can see the current rates at NIHE.)

In addition to placards and banners such as the one seen here, there is also a “direct action” dimension of the campaign: in August an empty property in west Belfast being advertised at 900 pounds per month was spray-painted with “Drop the rents” (BelTel), in July a north Belfast rental was graffitied (Xitter), and a signage was pasted on a Derry flat in February (Fb video).

See previously: “Drop the rents” graffiti in Belfast in 2023.

In the background is The Petrol Bomber.