The Rise and Fall of Council Housing w/ John Boughton [Preview]

The Rise and Fall of Council Housing w/ John Boughton [Preview]

Author: Michael Walker December 2, 2022 Duration: 4:57

John Boughton is the author of Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing. In this interview we were able to go into much more detail than we managed to fit into the first episode of Crash Course.


Themes included...

  • The development of council housing before WW2
  • The shift from council housing being aspirational to being demonised
  • The original popularity of Right to Buy


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