Question

how was tenement housing addressed in the industrial age? like what laws or movements helped it (made it cleaner etc) and were they successful?

Answer 1

Tenement housing in the industrial age was kind of more like a shelter for the homeless then. Where people would go live if they were homeless. But they became dirty and not a safe environement. With the construction of new laws and movements they began to help out more with the tenement houses. They provided great facilities, plumbing, they became way more cleaner! Yes, they were very successful especially during hard times and cold wars

Answer 2

thank you but I was asking what the new laws and movements were.. do you know any of those?

Answer 3

@wwhitlock

Answer 4

New York City in the last half of the 1800s was the worst tenement housing of the time. In some parts of the Lower East side population density was at 800 people per acre.

The State of New York passed the first Tenement Housing Act in 1867, Poor people were housed in cellars at the time. The required cellar ceilings to be at least a foot above ground level and toilet/sink for every 20 people. That worked for awhile. Some tweeks were made every couple years, but the city bureaucrats didn't enforce the laws much.

In 1890 Jacob Riis published "How the Other Half Lives." He and other muckrakers got a lot of people riled up. The State came out with a new law requiring a window, bathroom and running water for every apartment. That was the tenement House Act of 1901. It was strictly enforced and is still part of New York City's laws today.

Answer 5

I don't know how much more you need, but: look for information about Jane Addams and Hull House, Jacob Riis, the muckrakers and McClures magazine for more on this kind of reform.

Answer 6

thank you so much

Answer 7

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