Chapter 1-13 Wasted Years Paragraph 4

Question 1

Did Conservative housing policy go far enough, why/why not?

Answer 1

Nonetheless, this was not enough as those living in cramped council and rented housing were given low priority by the Conservatives.

Question 2

What their lacklustre housing policy lead to local authorities doing?

Answer 2

Subsequently, this forced local authorities to use cheap methods to re-house those who still lived in low-standard housing.

Question 3

What did low- standard housing result in the development of?

Answer 3

Which resulted in the development of large, high-rise blocks of flats that often suffered from damp.

Question 4

What did this show part 1?

Answer 4

Thus, it showed that although the Conservative government built 300,000 new houses every year after 1952

Question 5

What did this show part 2?

Answer 5

This concentration on private housing meant they did little for those who needed the housing project more, which were perhaps the lower class.