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In England and Wales, 214,000 multi-unit council buildings were built by 1939; making the Ministry of Health largely a ministry of housing. [34] Council housing accounted for 10% of the housing stock in the UK by 1938, peaking at 32% in 1980, and dropping to 18% by 1996, where it held steady for the next two decades.
The 2021 United Kingdom census for England and Wales recorded 4.2 million people, or 17.1% of the population, residing in either a housing association or local council housing. This was a slight increase from the 4.1 million figure (17.6%) recorded in the 2011 census. 23.1% of the population in Greater London reside in social housing – the ...
Construction of court housing expanded between 1820–1840, responding to the rapid population growth of largely poor and unskilled workers. By 1840, around 86,000 people lived in court housing, believed to be the largest area in England of purpose-built housing for the working-class. [7]
London County Council built housing developments affixed to towns outside its jurisdiction, of which Becontree, Dagenham (which became part of Greater London in 1965) was the largest. It was built in the 1920s and 1930s. Seacroft in Leeds was built from 1934 when Leeds City Council bought 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) for municipal housing. Most ...
A row of typical British terraced houses in Manchester. Terraced houses have been popular in the United Kingdom, particularly England and Wales, since the 17th century. They were originally built as desirable properties, such as the townhouses for the nobility around Regent's Park in central London, and the Georgian architecture that defines the World Heritage Site of Bath.
Real estate is a significant feature of the economy of the United Kingdom, and regulated according to Scottish and English land law.The real estate market in the United Kingdom is the largest or second-largest in Europe (after Germany) depending on the method of measurement.
History of housing in Liverpool; Home Information Pack; Homelessness Act 2002; Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act 1944; Housing Act 1949; Housing and Finance Institute; Housing and Planning Act 1986; Housing and Planning Act 2016; Housing of the Working Classes Act 1885; Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890; Housing of the Working Classes ...
Tenancy deposit scheme (England and Wales) Tenants' and Residents' Organisations of England Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004