| Comment | > but social housing wasn't created to allow tenants from the private sector to seek cheaper housing in the social sector
Aneurin Bevan and the 1945-51 Labour government that kickstarted the post-war reconstruction would totally disagree with you, the estates built then were meant to be for people of all backgrounds
"the working man, the doctor and the clergyman will live in close proximity to each other"
It was the following Conservative government who shifted towards social housing for low income tenants only (principally to enable slum clearances rather than as a stated long-term policy), and it's fair to say the role of social housing in the UK has been an area of open debate ever since |
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