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- Between 1919 and 1979, 6.94 million council houses were built. Just over 1 million council houses were built between 1920 and 1939, whilst 5,804,150 council houses were built between 1946 and 1979.
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Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council housing or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011, when the number of households in private rental housing surpassed the number in social housing.
It was estimated that 750,000 new homes were required in England and Wales in 1945 to provide all families with accommodation. Plans were drawn up for a major building programme, drawing on the themes established prior to 1939.
London’s local councils had began to build houses in the 1890s, one of its earliest schemes was the inner city Millbank Estate in Westminster completed in 1902. The estate provided affordable rented flats for 4,430 people on a site that had previously been the notorious Millbank prison.
- Historical profile of council housing
- Getting refurbishment right
- Mixed ownership and tenure
- Sustainability
- Conclusions
Using published English House Condition Survey (EHCS) and EHS data, this section examines: how the dwelling age and dwelling type profile of the council housing has changed over time; how the profile of council tenants has changed over time; the quality of council housing and the benefits of housing investment through Decent Homes. A summary prof...
As councils can deal with whole estates, rather than one-off individual houses, they have the opportunity to deliver improvement schemes using economies of scale, top architects and rigorous procurement and project management. However, there have been many failures that we should learn from. One of the problems is the loss of architectural integr...
A growing problem in delivering high quality improvements to the council housing stock is dealing with mixed ownership and tenure. In the early days of RTB, it was said that you could pick out the newly purchased homes by their double glazing and new front doors. Following the Decent Homes programme, many of the RTB homes are looking tired and in n...
Local authorities can lead the way in ensuring that refurbishments are undertaken to ever higher sustainability standards. This is not just about making homes more energy efficient but reducing their carbon footprint and impact on the environment. “A positive outcome from the inherently slow rate of change in the UK housing stock relates to the c...
The introduction of council housing a hundred years ago made a huge contribution to improving the life chances of the British population. It removed millions from the threat of poverty, providing healthy and safe places for people to live, grow up in and thrive. It contributed to improved educational attainment, productivity and ultimately the econ...
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Many houses that sprung up during this decade were a simple evolution of the Edwardian home. The 1939 house tended to be terraced or semi-detached, with council housing being uniform in design. The private owner-occupiers opted for a design that showed their individualism.
Sep 19, 2018 · – The scale of building fluctuated over the next two decades, peaking in 1938/39, when 122,000 new council houses were completed, but the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 brought building...
