The Fall and Rise of Social Housing by Becky Tunstall - 9781447351351

The Fall and Rise of Social Housing100 Years on 20 Estates\nAuthor(s): Becky Tunstall\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Policy Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Policy Press\nISBN-13: 9781447351351, 978-1447351351\nSynopsis\nDrawing on a unique archive spanning the lifetime of twenty council state projects in the UK, this book examines how estate pathways were predetermined by factors such as location, design and date, as well as by their local and national social, economic and political contexts. It examines the successes of less successful housing projects and provides lessons for building sustainable communities for the twenty-first century.