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Routledge Revivals

Housing In Britain

First published in 1982 at a time when housing policy featured prominently in the press and in political debate, Housing in Britain was written to provide an authoritative review of housing in Britain.

The book is a comprehensive introduction to the major policy shifts from 1945 to the year of publication. It explores the many aspects of housing as a matter of state policy; as a commodity with a certain market for its sale and exchange; as an essential item, with rules regulating access and eligibility; and as a vital element in the reproduction of social life. Particular attention is paid to the institutions involved within the British housing market, and the redistributional consequences of housing-market processes and state housing policy.

Housing in Britain will appeal to those with an interest in the history of British housing policy and debates, and the history of social policy in Britain.

Housing In Britain The Post-War Experience

By John R. Short

First published in 1982

by Methuen & Co Ltd.

This edition first published in 2021 by Routledge

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1982 John R. Short

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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Disclaimer
The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and welcomes correspondence from those they have been unable to contact.

A Library of Congress record exists under LCCN: 82008118

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-74473-1 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-1-003-15806-6 (ebk)
ISBN 13: 978-0-367-74468-7 (pbk)

Book DOI: 10.4324/9781003158066

HOUSING IN BRITAIN

THE POST-WAR EXPERIENCE

JOHN R. SHORT

METHUEN

LONDON AND NEW YORK

First published in 1982 by

Methuen & Co. Ltd

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Published in the USA by

Methuen & Co.

in association with Methuen, Inc.

733 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017

1982 John R. Short

Printed in Great Britain at the

University Press, Cambridge

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Short, John R.

Housing in Britain.

1. HousingGreat BritainHistory

363.50941HD7333

ISBN 0-416-74290-4 Pbk

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Short, John R.

Housing in Britain.

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

1. HousingGreat BritainHistory. 2. Housing

policyGreat BritainHistory. I. Title.

HD7333.A3S3371982 363.50941 82-8118 AACR2

ISBN 0-416-74290-4 (pbk.)

For Adrienne

as a small token of my love

CONTENTS

• List of tables
• List of figure
• Preface

1. GENERAL REMARKS
   • Main themes
   • Outline of the book

• PART 1 HOUSING AND THE STATE

1. THE ROAD TO 1945
   • Early days
   • The inter-war years
2. THE POST-WAR YEARS: THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STORY
   • The legacy of war
   • The council housing solution (194551)
   • Encouraging the private sector (195164)
   • Economic confusion and housing policy (196470)
   • The 1970s: changing policies and recurring crisis
   • Encouraging the private market again

• PART 2 THE HOUSING MARKET

1. LAND CONVERSION
   • The policy context
   • Landowners
   • Residential development in the private sector
2. THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING
   • The house-building industry
   • The builder-developer: house building in the private sector
   • House building in the public sector
   • Repair and improvement
3. OWNER-OCCUPATION
   • The state and owner-occupation
   • The financial institutions
   • The households
4. LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING
   • Council housing and state housing policy
   • The managers and the managed
5. PRIVATE RENTING AND MINORITY TENURES
   • Private renting
   • Housing associations
   • Tied accommodation
   • Institutions
6. HOUSING EXCHANGE
   • Household movement
   • Filtering and gentrification
   • The exchange professionals
   • The costs of moving
7. HOUSING SUB-MARKETS
   • The inner city
   • The suburbs
   • The new towns
   • The rural areas

• PART 3 HOME SWEET HOME

1. THE HOUSING OF HOUSEHOLDS
   • The quality of housing
   • The cost of housing
   • The location of housing
   • Housing and the family
   • Housing and status

• List of Abbreviations
• Guide to further reading
• References
• Name index
• Subject index

LIST OF TABLES

• 1.1 Housing protest and urban renewal
• 1.2 Categories of urban areas
• 1.3 Agents in the housing market
• 2.1 Early days: legislative measures
• 2.2 The interwar years: legislative measures
• 3.1 Postwar housing legislation
• 3.2 Housing investment programmes of English local authorities
• 4.1 Landowning types in Britain
• 4.2 The residual method of land pricing
• 4.3 Population and land use in England and Wales
• 4.4 Landuse changes in the Thames estuary
• 5.1 The structure of the construction industry
• 5.2 Private house building, 1974
• 5.3 British construction work overseas
• 5.4 Council housing projects
• 5.5 Types of tendering in local authority building projects
• 5.6 DLOs in England and Wales, 1979
• 5.7 Repair and maintenance work
• 6.1 Building societies: summary statistics
• 6.2 Age of dwellings and building society mortgage allocation
• 6.3 Mortgage lending in Bristol, 1977
• 6.4 Mortgage lending in Saltley, Birmingham, 1974
• 6.5 Distribution of subsidies by income and tenure
• 6.6 Socioeconomic status of owneroccupiers, 1978
• 6.7 Building society interest rates for new mortgages
• 7.1 Average costs and borrowing rates of new local authority dwellings, England and Wales
• 7.2 Housing waiting list regulations in West Midland authorities
• 7.3 Housing visitors comments
• 7.4 Grading of tenants and local authority accommodation in Hull
• 7.5 Priority for exchange, for GLC tenants
• 7.6 Socioeconomic status of local authority tenants, 1978
• 7.7 Council housing tenants

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