Main entry:

Fogelson, Robert M., author.

Title & Author:

The great rent wars : New York, 1917-1929 / Robert M. Fogelson.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]

Description:

viii, 495 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The postwar housing shortage -- Between a rock and a hard place -- A weighty decision -- The great rent strikes -- The mayor's committee on rent profiteering -- Enter the state legislature -- The April laws -- The September laws -- The battle in the state courts -- The fight in the federal courts -- A question of coverage -- A reasonable rent -- The four exceptions -- Landlords and tenants in New York and Albany -- The extension of rent control -- The expiration of rent control.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"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"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780300191721 (alk. paper)
0300191723 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Rent control New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Loyers Réglementation New York (État) New York Histoire 20e siècle.
Rent control.
Mietpreis
Mieterschutz
New York (State) New York.
USA
New York, NY

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284028
Call No.: BIB 222624
Status: Available