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Explore how postwar housing policy transformed private building, finances, and city planning, and what that means for housing today.
This book examines a major shift in housing after the war, showing how industry and government worked together to revive building, reduce costs, and expand home ownership. It explains the drive toward private enterprise, lower interest rates, and new plans to redevelop crowded central areas. The discussion blends historical data with lessons on policy, finance, and urban design, offering a clear view of what changed and why it mattered.
- Learn how lower interest rates and cost controls helped drive thousands of new homes.
- See how redevelopment and slum clearance aimed to improve crowded urban districts.
- Understand the debate over financing housing through public, private, and mixed approaches.
- Get historical context for the housing challenges faced by working families and communities.
Ideal for readers of policy history, urban planning, and housing reform who want a grounded, non-fiction portrait of how a nation tackled the housing problem.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book offers a unique perspective on the British housing crisis that followed World War I, a struggle characterized by a shortage of 3 million homes. The author details how the government's heavy reliance on subsidies to stimulate home construction ultimately proved counterproductive, resulting in escalating costs, limited progress, and inadequate housing for the most vulnerable populations. The narrative explores the various subsidy programs implemented between 1920 and 1928, assessing their impact on the housing market and the lives of ordinary citizens. The text also examines the shift in government policy away from subsidies towards a focus on slum clearance and overcrowding, highlighting the challenges and successes of this approach. Through a combination of historical analysis, economic insights, and case studies, this book provides valuable lessons for policymakers and housing advocates alike, shedding light on the complexities of addressing housing shortages and social inequality in the aftermath of major societal disruptions. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781332204571_0
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Three Million Houses (Classic Reprint)
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Forgotten Books, 2015
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