Question

explain causes of housing shortage and how it was solved in London

Answer 1

1. Many attempts were made to decongest localities, open the green spaces, reduce pollution and landscape the city.

2. To solve the housing problem?Large blocks of apartments were built similar to those in New York and Berlin which too faced the similar housing problem.

3. Rent control was introduced in Britain during the first world war?to ease the impact of the sever housing shortage

4. The congestion in the 19th century industrial city forced the people to think about clean country air and healthier space to live.

5. Between the two?.world wars the responsibility of housing the working classes were accepted by the British state,and a million houses most of them single family cottages were built by the local authoritities