The New Rent Law Threatens to Dissolve a Neighborhood: The Eviction of a Building in Burj Hammoud

This story follows old rent tenants in a modest building in Burj Hammoud as they face the threat of eviction from the neighborhood they inhabited for decades, under Lebanon’s new rent law. As the legal protections of the old rent system near their end, residents are pressured to sign exploitative new leases. The piece highlights their collective struggle to assert their rights through legal tools and solidarity, and exposes a broader housing crisis eroding the social fabric of Beirut’s neighborhoods.