7. A postwar social housing boom
7. A postwar social housing boom (Image 7 of 13)
The culture of Manchester meant that during the industrial revolution most people's homes were provided by their employers. By the 1950s the new post-war Labour government embarked on a huge social housing scheme and council estates began to spring up across the country, with Manchester no exception. In fact, the city built Europe’s biggest council estate. This established the tenet that everyone has a right to somewhere to live, but not that everyone has a right to home ownership. That push would come later...
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