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From: "Dennis White" <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Social Housing
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 09:31:38 +0100
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Thank you Stan,
Much appreciated

Regards
Dennis White
Cwmbran, S. Wales

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Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Social Housing


> Housing legislation in Britain began with the Artisans' Dwellings Act of
> 1875, which gave powers to local councils to condemn properties and clear
> slums
> within their boundaries.
> The Housing of the Working Classes Act of 1890 obligated local authorities
> to inspect their old housing, and, if need be, act on what they found.
> Under
> Part 1 of the act the authority could acquire blocks of slum property and
> clear
> them in order to make way for better housing. Under an act of 1919, the
> government offered a subsidy for houses built by a local council for rent.
>
> Regards Stan Mapstone
> www.mapstone.org
>
>
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