Many thought the landlords in Glasgow were taking advantage of households whose men were away fighting as part of the war effort; thus, working-class women formed tenants associations such as the South Govan Women's Housing Association.
Led by Helen Crawfurd, Mary Barbour,[1][2][3] Agnes Dollan and Jessie Stephen,[4] the South Govan Women's Housing Association sought to prevent evictions from tenants who could not afford the rent increase [5] and campaigned for subsidized housing.
Their efforts led to the “Rents and Mortgage Interest Restriction Bill” as well as the Housing, Town Planning, & c. Act, which saw 213,000 Government subsidized “Homes Fit For Heroes” being built soon after the war.
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