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Lincoln Road Flats (8 blocks, 480 flats) Lincoln Road, Lincoln Gren 1958 Constructed by Shepherd Building Group to design by architect RAH Livett. Refurbished 2014–15 with red metalwork repainted turquoise. Existent Roxby Close Beckett Street, Burmantofts 1959 Constructed by George Wimpey to design by architect RAH Livett.
In 2019, Leeds City Council extended the leases on most of its properties to 99 years enabling Canopy to increase its borrowing and acquire more homes for retrofit. [6] Rental income on the properties which have been improved provides around two thirds of Canopy's annual income, with the remainder coming from traditional charitable funding streams.
Public housing became needed to provide "homes fit for heroes" in 1919, [5] [6] then to enable slum clearance.Standards were set to ensure high-quality homes. Aneurin Bevan, a Labour politician, passionately believed that council houses should be provided for all, while the Conservative politician Harold Macmillan saw council housing "as a stepping stone to home ownership". [7]
Swinnow (derived from Anglo-Saxon Swin (swine) and how (hill), [1] possibly also a contraction of "Swine Moor" in the Yorkshire dialect) is a housing estate in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Bramley and Pudsey on the west side of the outskirts of Leeds and is currently part of the Leeds City Council ward of Pudsey.
Low rise council flats on Fillingfir Drive Flats on Latchmere View There is a wide variety of council housing in Moor Grange built throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Most of the estate is made up of red brick semi-detached houses, there are also flats built in the style of houses, and a few rows of red brick terraced houses .
A council house, corporation house or council flat is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council houses and other amenities like schools and shops. Construction took place mainly from 1919 to 1980s, as a result of the Housing Act 1919. Though more council ...
In the 1950s and '60s it became largely council housing [2] and now consists of a mixture of high and low-rise flats and housing. The area falls within the Little London and Woodhouse ward of the City of Leeds Council. The area is divided into four estates; Lovell Park, Oatlands, Carlton and the Servias.
However, Leeds City Council has been removing much of the stone paving and granite kerbs to be replaced by modern tarmac and concrete. A large number of houses in Hyde Park are owned by private landlords who rent to students.