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The Great Rent Wars - New York, 1917-1929 (Hardcover)
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The Great Rent Wars - New York, 1917-1929 (Hardcover)
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A groundbreaking account of the early history of rent control
Written by one of the country's foremost urban historians, The
Great Rent Wars tells the fascinating but little-known story of the
battles between landlords and tenants in the nation's largest city
from 1917 through 1929. These conflicts were triggered by the
post-war housing shortage, which prompted landlords to raise rents,
drove tenants to go on rent strikes, and spurred the state
legislature, a conservative body dominated by upstate Republicans,
to impose rent control in New York, a radical and unprecedented
step that transformed landlord-tenant relations. The Great Rent
Wars traces the tumultuous history of rent control in New York from
its inception to its expiration as it unfolded in New York, Albany,
and Washington, D.C. At the heart of this story are such memorable
figures as Al Smith, Fiorello H. La Guardia, and Oliver Wendell
Holmes, as well as a host of tenants, landlords, judges, and
politicians who have long been forgotten. Fogelson also explores
the heated debates over landlord-tenant law, housing policy, and
other issues that are as controversial today as they were a century
ago.
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