Kirkby Rent Strike (1972) The Kirkby Rent Strike was a 14-month long rent strike initiated by 3,000 tenants on this day in 1972 in the town of Kirkby (outside Liverpool), against the Housing...
Kirkby Rent Strike (1972) The Kirkby Rent Strike was a 14-month long rent strike initiated by 3,000 tenants on this day in 1972 in the town of Kirkby (outside Liverpool), against the Housing...
Kirkby Rent Strike (1972)
Mon Oct 09, 1972
The Kirkby Rent Strike was a 14-month long rent strike initiated by 3,000 tenants on this day in 1972 in the town of Kirkby (outside Liverpool), against the Housing Finances Act.
The Act caused a £1 rent rise for residents of Tower Hill and brought grievances that had been bubbling under the surface for years to a boiling point. The women who lived there formed the Unfair Rents Action Group, and responded to the rent raise by organizing a 14-month long rent strike.
More than 3,000 people participated in the strike, and women from a tenant organization called Merseyside Big Flame helped them organize. The rent strike was ultimately defeated on December 24th, 1973.
- Date: 1972-10-09
- Learn More: libcom.org, bigflameuk.files.wordpress.com.
- Tags: #Tenant.
- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org