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

Paul Q. Watchman

 
9781399505604: The Fight for Rent Control: Law, Politics and the People
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1399505602 ISBN 13: 9781399505604
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2026

Synopsis

An important socio-legal study of the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915 and the introduction of urban rent control

  • Draws on a range of new sources including archives of labour organisations, government departmental records, Cabinet minutes and personal papers and diaries of politicians
  • Discusses the development of urban rent control policy, the Parliamentary passage of the Bill and the impact of legislation
  • Focuses on the effectiveness of the Act in protecting tenants from eviction and rent increases
  • Examines how urban rent and mortgage interest control policy survived for over 100 years to shape and influence the development of housing and social policy and the contours of the political landscape of Great Britain
  • Examines the role of the women such as Helen Crawfurd and Mary Barbour who led the Glasgow Rent Strikes
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

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1399505602
ISBN 13 
9781399505604
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
312
Editor
Peter Robson