Residents of a historic northwest Washington apartment building are refusing to pay the landlord for renovations that they say will destroy the building’s character.

Tenants at the Kennedy-Warren apartment building next to the National Zoo have launched a rent strike, refusing to pay a $233 monthly renovation surcharge that they say also violates rent control laws.

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