Scanlon, Kath ORCID: 0000-0001-9957-4853
(2025)
Defining 'social' + 'affordable' housing in London today.
In:
Dual Cities: Social Housing in London & New York.
RIBA Publishing, pp. 72-77.
ISBN 9781915722423
Abstract
London was an early laboratory for the development of social housing, and the city features a wide variety of architectures and financial models. The first social homes were built in the 19th century by philanthropists and the city's first public or 'council housing' was the Boundary Estate in Shoreditch, East London, created in 1890 by the LCC. The project began a movement towards public delivery and management and, over the course of the 20th century, local authorities all over the UK eclipsed housing associations and other charities to become the main providers.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Official URL: | https://www.ribabooks.com/dual-cities-social-housi... |
Additional Information: | © 2025 RIBA Publishing. |
Divisions: | Geography and Environment |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences |
Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2025 13:30 |
Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2025 14:00 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129708 |
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