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Cruel Habitations (1974) looks at the pre-industrial background in which housing problems are rooted, with the decay of towns and the unsuccessful attempts to better their condition by public health reforms, by charitable agencies and by building societies – and with legislative action in Parliament towards housing reform.

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Author:   Enid Gauldie
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9781032585710

ISBN 10:   1032585714
Pages:   374
Publication Date:   02 June 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1. Housing in Pre-Industrial and Rural Society 1. A Bitter Cry from Rural Britain 2. ‘Pigs and Children’: Economic Causes of the Housing Conditions of the Rural Poor 3. Results in Housing: Design and Standard of the Homes of the Agricultural Workers 4. Housing of the Industrial Poor in Rural Areas Part 2. Housing and Public Health 5. Town Decay 6. Overcrowding 7. Standards of Comfort 8. Publicity for Squalor 9. A Sense of Property 10. Reasons for the Non-Use of Existing Powers 11. The Public Health Campaign Part 3. Housing and Poverty 12. The Recognition of Poverty 13. Rents 14. Building Costs 15. Investment in House-Building Part 4. Private Enterprise Housing: Whose Responsibility? 16. Employer Housing and Company Towns 17. Building Societies 18. Freehold Land Societies 19. The Philanthropic Housing Associations I: Octavia Hill and the Lady Collectors 20. The Philanthropic Housing Associations II: The Model Dwellings Associations Part 5. Legislation on Housing and the Assumption of Public Responsibility for the Housing of the Poor 21. The Lodging Houses Acts 22. Establishing Principles 23. The Torrens and Cross Acts 24. The Royal Commission 25. Towards Compulsory Powers

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