State Housing in Britain (Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership) - Softcover

Merrett, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367685930 ISBN 13: 9780367685935

Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

Originally published in 1979, this book was the first to provide a comprehensive political-economic analysis of the historical origins and 20th Century experience of state housing in the UK. The first part describes the growth of municipal housebuilding in the context of slum clearance before 1914 and the cycle of boom and slump between the wars. Part 2 covers 1945- 1980 with chapters on : site acquisition and residential densities; the housebuilding industry and its standards; the balance between rehabilitation and redevelopment and the rise and fall of the high-rise flat. Sources and costs of capital finance and the management of the stock of council dwellings is also discussed. The final part reviews the development of state housing policy since the War, within a broad political and macro-economic context.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367685930
• ISBN 13: 9780367685935
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 396