tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781679920194952575.post369396047665394493..comments2024-01-14T21:43:09.416+00:00Comments on Pete Medway: EstatesPete Medwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13126518955261964936noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781679920194952575.post-52352645239296033002011-02-28T09:05:57.895+00:002011-02-28T09:05:57.895+00:00Thanks for that, James. The quality of materials,...Thanks for that, James. The quality of materials, space standards and construction was a problem in Britain once the Conservative government, with Harold Macmillan as housing minister, took over from Nye Bevan in 1951 -- but they did get many more homes built. There was quite a period, though, in which council houses were on a par with private ones in quality -- but they were bedevilled by another problem of being built where space was cheap, that is on the edges of cities, and where pulic transport was poor and people couldn't get to their jobs or to the family and friends they'd left behind in the lousy housing they'd moved from the in the city. Hence, concentrations of unemployed people and lonely, desperate housewives. Too bad. PetePete Medwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126518955261964936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781679920194952575.post-14689547576487542532011-02-19T02:10:16.554+00:002011-02-19T02:10:16.554+00:00Yup, then this system of cheap low income housing ...Yup, then this system of cheap low income housing was implemented all over UK colonies.... Here in HK, their quality, design, and value are not at par with private homes but have helped many families with a steady place to live. They are also used to keep private housing prices in check. They are definitely controversial and often used as political artillery, but in the end, they do help many people.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825652826897114952noreply@blogger.com