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The Belden Sawyer Tenant Association is continuing its rent strike as they fight their evictions. In May they sued landlord Drew Millard and property management company 33 Realty, which earlier this year sought to turn the tenants’ apartments into luxury properties — refusing to renew existing leases and retaliating against tenants who say the landlord has ignored serious maintenance and other housing issues in order to push them out of their homes.

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