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About 30% of homes are owned outright by their occupants, and a further 40% are owner-occupied on a mortgage. About 18% are social housing of some kind, and the remaining 12% are privately rented.[2007] [2] The UK ranks in the top half in Europe with regard to rooms per person, amenities, and quality of housing.
Public housing became needed to provide "homes fit for heroes" in 1919, [5] [6] then to enable slum clearance.Standards were set to ensure high-quality homes. Aneurin Bevan, a Labour politician, passionately believed that council houses should be provided for all, while the Conservative politician Harold Macmillan saw council housing "as a stepping stone to home ownership". [7]
Country Current Population Number In Household Households % 1 Member % 2-3 Members % 4-5 Members % 6+ Members Year China 1,409,778,724: 2.80: 482,427,212: 17.84
No. Region Home ownership rate(%) Date [2] [3]; 1 Kazakhstan 98: 2024 2 Laos 95.9: 2015 3 Romania 95.6: 2023 4 Albania 95.3: 2023 5 Slovakia 93.6: 2023 2 China 96: 2022 7 Serbia 91.6
His aide-de-camp, General Sir Frederick Augustus Wetherall, bought the house to rescue the Duchess from creditors following the Duke of Kent's death. The house was demolished in 1845 by General Sir George Augustus Wetherall. Chelsea Manor: Chelsea: Princess Elizabeth; Anne of Cleves (1536–1547, c. 1547–1557) Chesterfield House: Westminster
Early example of compulsory purchase; many homes of 1921 era Metroland-type development had to be demolished. Charges of engineering area to swing MP seat from Conservative to Labour were levied, though in fact Conservative served from 1974 to 1997. Low—rises and 30 high-rise "Bison" built blocks.
Terraced houses became an economical solution to fit large numbers of people into a relatively constricted area. [14] Many terraced houses were built in the South Wales Valleys in the mid to late 19th century owing to the large-scale expansion of coal mining there. In the Rhondda, the population increased from 4,000 in 1861 to 163,000 in 1891 ...
The Right to Buy scheme is a policy in the United Kingdom, with the exception of Scotland since 1 August 2016 and Wales from 26 January 2019, which gives secure tenants of councils and some housing associations the legal right to buy, at a large discount, the council house they are living in. [1] [2] [3] There is also a Right to Acquire for assured tenants of housing association dwellings ...