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At the beginning of the twentieth century the working classes were suffering form poor condition with a shortage in the housing supply and poor living condition. This 3 page paper examines the conditions surrounding the introduction of the Housing and Town Planning Act 1919, more commonly know as the Addison Act. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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established, there was still an increasing movement of labour from the rural areas into the towns. This was having a severe impact on the health and the welfare of those
moving. Invariably it was the poor, who would then move to rented accommodation in the towns that were those who would suffer as a result of the overcrowding and insufficient
social structure. Many diseases and illnesses associated with overcrowding were being seen and social reformers were targeting this as an areas in desperate needing attention. The Great War (1914
- 18) was also a drain on the state, this cost a great deal of money and had hampered economic development. At the same time there was industrial unrest,
the unions were growing in power and strikes were seen as there was great dissatisfaction by workers at the way they were paid and treated (Haralambos and Holborn, 2004). One
of the claims was the inability to provide decent housing for their families on the wages which were paid. There were a great deal of controversy regarding the way
that rents were set and collected, it is not a coincidence that it was towards the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century that many of
the building socialites were formed, which unlike today, had the task of helping tenets build and own their own homes. However, due to the level of the housing shortage the
landlord still had a great deal of power over their tenants. The tenets rent strikes that were seen in some areas, as
a result of the living conditions, shook parliament and led to the Rent and Mortgage Restriction Act 1915. However, it did not stop here, Kemp (1994) argues that these tenants
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