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The '''Kirkby Rent Strike''' was a 14-month-long [[rent strike]] initiated by 3,000 tenants in October 1972 in the town of [[Kirkby]], outside [[Liverpool]], against the Housing Finances Act. |
The '''Kirkby Rent Strike''' was a 14-month-long [[rent strike]] initiated by 3,000 tenants in October 1972 in the town of [[Kirkby]], outside [[Liverpool]], against the Housing Finances Act.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Jon |last=Murden |year=2006 |url=http://www.ehs.org.uk/ehs/conference2006/Assets/MurdenAbstractIIIF.doc |format=DOC |title=The 1972 Kirkby Rent Strike: Dockland Solidarity in a New Setting? |location=[[London]] |publisher=[[Economic History Society]] |access-date=2012-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925051552/http://www.ehs.org.uk/ehs/conference2006/Assets/MurdenAbstractIIIF.doc |archive-date=2006-09-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The strike caused a £1 rent rise. A group of women on the Tower Hill estate formed a discussion and support group to help themselves and their families through the factory closure crisis. When the Housing Finances Act was passed, these women formed an Unfair Rents Action Group and responded by organizing the rent strike .<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kirkby Rent Strike 1972|url=http://libcom.org/blog/kirkby-rent-strike-1972-documentary-08042012 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:57, 16 June 2024
The Kirkby Rent Strike was a 14-month-long rent strike initiated by 3,000 tenants in October 1972 in the town of Kirkby, outside Liverpool, against the Housing Finances Act.[1] The strike caused a £1 rent rise. A group of women on the Tower Hill estate formed a discussion and support group to help themselves and their families through the factory closure crisis. When the Housing Finances Act was passed, these women formed an Unfair Rents Action Group and responded by organizing the rent strike .[2]
References
- ^ Murden, Jon (2006). "The 1972 Kirkby Rent Strike: Dockland Solidarity in a New Setting?". London: Economic History Society. Archived from the original (DOC) on 25 September 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Kirkby Rent Strike 1972".
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