Squalor

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Marnie S

Cards (5)

  • K- During WW2, German bombing raids destroyed over 700k houses in Britain = homeless issue.
  • K- Plan was build 200k new homes every year. From 1945 to 1948.
    157k temporary pre fab homes quickly put up, short term solution.
  • A - Improved lives, now access to electricity, gas, hot water and inside toilets.
  • A+ 1946 only 55k homes built. No new town until 1951. Labour struggled due to lack of skilled labourers and building material after the war.
  • EV- Material expensive and population rising due to marriage and baby rates rising. 1951 homelessness rate higher than 1931. Achieve least.