The Fight for Rent Control: Law, Politics and the People - Hardcover

Watchman, Paul Q.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1399505599 ISBN 13: 9781399505598

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2025

Synopsis

This monograph looks at the various strands of policy and activities which produced the first residential Rent Act in 1915. It looks at the ways in which tenants were removed from the land in Ireland and Scotland leading to a strong aversion to landlords as a group. This is addressed in the way it appears in art, literature, song and poetry. It traces the ways in which actions of women-led tenants' groups before and during the First World War offered an alternative way for housing policy. Precisely how these actions linked with political and industrial forces are explored. The study concludes with how this legislation links with modern day housing policy issues.

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About the Authors

Paul Q. Watchman was Professor of Law at University of Glasgow

Peter Robson was Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399505599
• ISBN 13: 9781399505598
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Robson Peter