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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]
Semi-detached council house in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire A mixture of council and ex-council housing (through Right to Buy scheme) in Hurlford, East Ayrshire, Scotland. 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 ...
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. [35] [36] [37] [38]
Homes England is the non-departmental public body that funds new affordable housing in England. It was founded on 1 January 2018 to replace the Homes and Communities Agency ( HCA ). HCA in turn was established by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 as one of the successor bodies to the Housing Corporation , and became operational on 1 ...
Public housing in the United Kingdom has typically consisted of council houses, often built in the form of large estates by local government councils. Becontree in The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham is generally considered to be the largest council estate (in terms of population).
Public housing in England (3 C, 14 P) ... Pages in category "Public housing in the United Kingdom" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
Public housing, also known as social ... However, the Westminster Government introduced a "rent re-structuring" policy for housing associations in England in 2002, ...
Pages in category "Public housing in England" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.