What future for social housing ?

Thanks to @geogolland for this link to a nice audio slideshow on the BBC News website which looks at the changing architecture of social housing, including mention of Garden Cities, the changing nature of house design,  concrete flats such as High Point 1, Le Corbusier, Park Hill and its 'streets in the sky' (whole streets of people moved from the old to the new housing), problems with high rise for families and the development of some low rise designs such as Dartmouth Park Hill.

Have the lessons of the past been learned ?

At a time when the planning regulations are being discussed, and have been in the news today and heavily tweeted on the #nppf hashtag, and the National Trust have expressed concerns, this is a geographical issue which will have local repercussions that might be the basis of a Controlled Assessment or other task....
I feel very grateful to be a home-owner...

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