The Right to a Decent House

by Sidney Jacobs

Overview

Originally published in 1976, this book highlights the problems faced by many inner-city working class communities in 1970s Britain, with particular reference to the Gairbraid housing clearance area of Maryhill, Glasgow. It examines the policy of local authority re-housing. Both the policy and practice of re-housing is carefully analysed and the efficacy of community action illustrated and discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367682385
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/24/2021
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sidney Jacobs.

Table of Contents

1. Housing: Shortage, Demand and Bureaucracy 2. From Youth Work to Community Action 3. Rehousing As An Issue 4. Forming the Garbraid Housing Committee 5. Organizing Before the Crisis 6. The Start of Rehousing 7. A Week of Action 8. The Threat of Many Gairbraids 9. Organizing For Representation 10. Protest at Clive House 11. The Committee in Retrospect 12. Reform Through Community Action.