Property Before People: The Management of Twentieth-Century Council Housing

ISBN-13: 9780367684594 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str.

Anne Power

Opis

Originally published in 1987 this book examines attempts by successive individuals and governments to overcome slum conditions and homelessness, to reform landlord-tenant relations and to provide sound modern dwellings with full amenities for those who need them.

Spis treści

Part 1: The Origins of the Housing Service 1. Nineteenth-Century Origins of the Landlord Tradition 2. The Interwar Years 3. Post-war Mass Housing 4. Post-war Housing Departments 5. Housing for All or Housing of Last Resort? Part 2: A Survey of New Housing Problems 6. The Worst Estates 7. The Design of Unpopular Estates 8. The Management of Unpopular Estates: Allocations and Empty Property 9. Repairs, Rents, Cleansing and Caretaking Part 3: Changing the Landlord Tradition: Findings of the Survey 10. Local Offices on Unpopular Estates 11. Social Change 12. Summary of Main Themes and Conclusions: A Way Forward