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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
by 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 agoStarts 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 agoOh you moved the goalposts. Got it. Council houses and housing associations are completely different. Have you ever lived in either? I have
- chgs 2y agoFine, 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.