Fall and Rise of Social Housing

Becky Tunstall is the Joseph Rowntree Emeritus Professor of Housing Policy and Director of the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York.

• Part 1: Introduction;Twenty estates in the twentieth century;Estates, neighbourhoods and social housing in theory;Part 2: How the estates performed;Measuring estate performance;Did the twenty estates survive the twentieth century?;Surviving, but not always thriving;Residents’ overall assessments of estate performance;Residents’ experiences – in depth;Who were the residents;Outsiders’ assessments of the estates;Ageing and relative housing quality;The cost and value for money of the estates over their lifetimes;Part 3: Exploring and explaining estate fortunes;Estate fortunes;The impact of unavoidable features of the estates;The impact of unchangeable features of the estates;The opportunities for the influence of subsequent policy and decisions;Residents’ influence on estate fortunes;Conclusion.

"This scholarly and fascinating book combines rigorous statistics and the lived experiences of council estate residents over time to underpin a framework for future solutions to providing affordable and social housing for all who need it." Kate Pickett, University of York