498 Pages
by
Routledge
498 Pages
by
Routledge
498 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1987, this book provides a comprehensive history of housing policy in Britain from the beginning of the twentieth century to the end of the 1970s. For every period the author gives a detailed account of the housing situation in which policies operated, the policies pursued and their rationale. Owner-occupation and privately rented housing are fully discussed. Particular... Read more
1. Scope and Coverage of a History of Public Policy and Housing 2. The pre-1914 Antecedents of Housing Policy 3. The Inter-War Years: The Economy, Population, Households and Housing 4. From World War II to the 1970s 5. The Growth of Owner-Occupation and of Local Authority Housing 6. Finance of Owner-Occupation 7. Local Authority Housing Finance 8. Privately Owned Rented Housing 9. Overview and Concluding Observations.
Biography
A. E. (Alan) Holmans was a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a researcher at the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research at the University of Cambridge.
