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By Steve Douglas2019-05-30T05:00:00
Inadequate housing supply and poor-quality homes are a problem that in the 21st-century we should be able to solve
This year marks 100 years of the Addison Act, which in the wake of the First World War saw the first mass council housebuilding programme, and paved the way for the future inter-war new towns. Its ambition was to build 500,000 homes, but history suggests that the final figure built through the programme was just over 200,000. Nevertheless, this housing act – known as the Homes Fit for Heroes Act – was bold, driven from the very top of government and had an open cheque book from the Treasury enabling it to make a difference on supply and quality.
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