The housing market in Islington between the Wars
The means for the provision of houses in an area and the manner of the subsequent ownership and occupation of the houses evolve through local conditions, so that every area has what can be called its own housing culture. When local authorities were required by legislation in 1919 to make provision for housing need within the area of their jurisdiction, the Metropolitan Borough Councils of the inner boroughs of London found that not only were they constrained by the paucity of available sites, they were also expected to intervene in an already mature housing culture. By following the housing activities of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, my thesis illustrates the difficulties and constraints encountered when a local authority did intervene in a local housing culture and the eventual adjustments and compromises necessary in both the public and the private provision of houses. The first chapter explains the nature of the housing culture in the Borough and chapter two applies the concept to post-World War I Islington. Chapters three and four outline the housing activities of Islington Borough Council under the 1919 and 1924 Housing Acts. Chapter five compares the housing culture in Islington during the 1930s
Hinchcliffe, Tanis F. M.
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The housing market in Islington between the Wars. The means for the provision of houses in an area and the manner of the subsequent ownership and occupation of the houses evolve through local conditions, so that every area has what can be called its own housing culture. When local authorities were required by legislation in 1919 to make provision for housing need within the area of their jurisdiction, the Metropolitan Borough Councils of the inner boroughs of London found that not only were they constrained by the paucity of available sites, they were also expected to intervene in an already mature housing culture. By following the housing activities of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, my thesis illustrates the difficulties and constraints encountered when a local authority did intervene in a local housing culture and the eventual adjustments and compromises necessary in both the public and the private provision of houses. The first chapter explains the nature of the housing culture in the Borough and chapter two applies the concept to post-World War I Islington. Chapters three and four outline the housing activities of Islington Borough Council under the 1919 and 1924 Housing Acts. Chapter five compares the housing culture in Islington during the 1930s
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