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I note you don't link to your sources. You need better sources and/or better research skills. 100 per year is way off. Have you confused 100 with 100,000? I thi

I note you don't link to your sources. You need better sources and/or better research skills. 100 per year is way off. Have you confused 100 with 100,000? I think even that is low Yes the Conservatives stopped building council homes, mostly through neoliberal ideology that the government shouldn't provide housing. The private market houses are far worse quality

chgs 2y ago
The number of new council house starts dropped in the 70s, before thatcher. The trend continued into the 80s but blaming thatcher and neoliberalism is simplistic at best. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/datasets/ukhousebuildingpermanentdwellingsstartedandcompleted https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/... Table 2A, housing starts by FY. 1970 185k. 110k in 1978/79 before thatcher’s landslide. By 1980 (so before the 1980 housing act came in) down to 58k. The starts are what’s important as those are the ones impacted by new legislation and policy.
- switch007 2y ago
  From your source, this is the number dwellings "Completed - Local Authorities" from 1979 to 1997: 89,630 (1979) 88,540 68,330 40,080 39,170 37,580 30,410 25,380 21,820 21,450 19,350 17,870 11,230 5,700 3,360 2,880 3,440 1,740 1,550 (1997) You're going to claim the Conservatives of that era didn't stop building council houses? Compare with the 18 year period before Thatcher: 119,350 (1961) 132,070 126,240 156,830 167,300 179,170 202,860 190,670 182,380 179,280 157,380 122,360 104,570 124,140 152,470 153,750 145,070 113,660 (1978) > By 1980 (so before the 1980 housing act came in) down to 58k. I don't recognise this 58k. What is the exact cell of that number?
  - chgs 2y ago
    Starts are important, not completions, when looking at policy impact. I added local authority and housing associations together as they are basically the same concept.
    - switch007 2y ago
      Oh you moved the goalposts. Got it. Council houses and housing associations are completely different. Have you ever lived in either? I have
      - chgs 2y ago
        Fine, just have local authority numbers then which halved from 175k in the decade before thatcher was elected, let alone had any chance to implement policy. She didn’t reverse the trend, but she didn’t start it.

chgs 2y ago

The number of new council house starts dropped in the 70s, before thatcher. The trend continued into the 80s but blaming thatcher and neoliberalism is simplistic at best. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/datasets/ukhousebuildingpermanentdwellingsstartedandcompleted https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/... Table 2A, housing starts by FY. 1970 185k. 110k in 1978/79 before thatcher’s landslide. By 1980 (so before the 1980 housing act came in) down to 58k. The starts are what’s important as those are the ones impacted by new legislation and policy.

switch007 2y ago
From your source, this is the number dwellings "Completed - Local Authorities" from 1979 to 1997: 89,630 (1979) 88,540 68,330 40,080 39,170 37,580 30,410 25,380 21,820 21,450 19,350 17,870 11,230 5,700 3,360 2,880 3,440 1,740 1,550 (1997) You're going to claim the Conservatives of that era didn't stop building council houses? Compare with the 18 year period before Thatcher: 119,350 (1961) 132,070 126,240 156,830 167,300 179,170 202,860 190,670 182,380 179,280 157,380 122,360 104,570 124,140 152,470 153,750 145,070 113,660 (1978) > By 1980 (so before the 1980 housing act came in) down to 58k. I don't recognise this 58k. What is the exact cell of that number?
- chgs 2y ago
  Starts are important, not completions, when looking at policy impact. I added local authority and housing associations together as they are basically the same concept.
  - switch007 2y ago
    Oh you moved the goalposts. Got it. Council houses and housing associations are completely different. Have you ever lived in either? I have
    - chgs 2y ago
      Fine, just have local authority numbers then which halved from 175k in the decade before thatcher was elected, let alone had any chance to implement policy. She didn’t reverse the trend, but she didn’t start it.