Anne Power

Property Before People

The Management of Twentieth-Century Council Housing

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1987 this book examines attempts by successive individuals and governments to overcome slum conditions and homelessness, to reform landlord-tenant relations and to provide sound modern dwellings with full amenities for those who need them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780367684501
• ISBN-10: 0367684500
• Artikelnr.: 69935765

Autorenporträt

Anne Power is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Origins of the Housing Service 1. Nineteenth-Century Origins of
the Landlord Tradition 2. The Interwar Years 3. Post-war Mass Housing 4.
Post-war Housing Departments 5. Housing for All or Housing of Last Resort?
Part 2: A Survey of New Housing Problems 6. The Worst Estates 7. The Design
of Unpopular Estates 8. The Management of Unpopular Estates: Allocations
and Empty Property 9. Repairs, Rents, Cleansing and Caretaking Part 3:
Changing the Landlord Tradition: Findings of the Survey 10. Local Offices
on Unpopular Estates 11. Social Change 12. Summary of Main Themes and
Conclusions: A Way Forward