How Britain built more council housing than any other 20th-century nation
In short: Explore the rise and fall of Britain's massive public housing expansion. This lecture examines how one in three households became council tenants by the 1970s, and the impact of the £100bn sell-off that followed.
Recorded on 3 February 2020, Steve Schifferes investigates the historical trajectory of UK social housing. He traces the era when Britain led the world in 20th-century council house construction to the post-1980 period, when £100bn worth of these homes were sold.
Drawing on his background in interwar housing policy and economics, Schifferes explores the lasting consequences of this expansion and contraction on the nation's political, social, and economic landscape.
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