Excerpt from The Lodging House Problem in Boston
The lodging-house of any sort has claimed comparatively little attention in the literature of the housing question, and the room ing-house specifically has fared still worse. The only definition we have been able to find, outside the dictionaries, is the following: A lodging-house shall be taken to mean and include any house or building or portion thereof in which persons are harbored, or received, or lodged for hire, for a single night or for less than a week at one time, or any part of which is let for any person to sleep in for any term less than a week. 2 This is the definition given in the original New York tenement-house law of 1867 (chap. 908, sec. And it has been continued through all the subsequent acts with out change. It excludes the rooming-house, where the ordinary rental period is a week or a month, but which is commonly called a lodging-house, and in some cities is never called anything else. A definition so at variance with common usage is obviously defect ive, and may be positively misleading.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book examines the social and economic implications of lodging houses, a type of shared housing where nightly or weekly payment secures a simple room to sleep in. Emerging in the Boston of the late nineteenth century, these establishments arose as a cheaper alternative to boarding houses for the city's growing class of single, working-class residents. Though initially associated with the urban poor, these lodging houses gradually evolved to house a broad range of individuals, from young professionals to struggling families, providing a crucial form of accommodation in a rapidly changing urban environment. The author delves into the economic forces that shaped the rise and character of lodging houses, the challenges faced by their residents, and the impact these establishments had on the city's social fabric. The exploration of lodging houses offers a unique perspective on the complexities of urban life, illuminating the interplay between economic opportunity, social transformation, and the pursuit of shelter in an ever-evolving metropolis. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781330538364_0
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