'Homes Fit for Heroes': Carlisle Corporation and the 1919 Housing Act
| Autor: | Turnbull, Jean |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| DOI: | 10.5284/1084853 |
| Popis: | Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, 16, 51-72 The 1919 Housing Act was passed in the aftermath of the First World War and heralded a key change in the pattern of social housing provision. Although the act was short-lived, and contributed far fewer houses than had been hoped, it provided the model for social housing provision for the next half century and beyond - one in which local authorities were the principal housing providers supported by government subsidies. This article is focused on Carlisle where a comprehensive census of the city's housing stock in 1917 identifi ed a large proportion of older sub-standard properties and highlighted the high incidence of overcrowding in the city due to a substantial shortage of housing ? problems which needed urgent attention in the post-war years. This is the background which infl uenced Carlisle Corporation's response to the 1919 Housing Act and which is explored in detail in the following pages. |
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