CS 1 London Housing - Study of tenure, constraints, opportunities and patterns. Flashcards
Location?
London
Capital of England
SE England`
Areas studied?
Tower Hamlets - Inner City
Havering - Suburbia
Points on Tower Hamlets:
Terraced housing
- Cramped and noisy
- No Gardens
- Damp
- No lifts
TH - Lifts?
Often break making housing inaccessible to elderly people with joint problems giving them a lower quality of life.
TH - Dampness?
The dampness in TH results in lung infections and illness lowering the life expectancy of long term inhabitants to 60 years.
TH - Tenure?
The housing in TH is some council owned with 60% owner occupied housing and few privately rented homes.
Points on Tenure:
Owner occupied housing costs low income occupants long mortgages trapping them in the area, however they will eventually own their home.
Privately rented homes are often kept in poor condition by landlords and occupants are unable to fix them due to lack of expertise. They can also be evicted by the landlord with little notice.
Council owned homes are often kept in better condition, however they are harder to obtain.
Benefits of TH?
Multi-ethnic community with a diverse culture.
Many local amenities - pubs, shops and restaurants
Walking distance from CBD
Good transport links
Points on Havering:
Detached and semi-detached housing
- large gardens
- Employment is higher so quality of life is better
- Most houses are owner occupied
- Access to M25
- Low crime rate
- Low population
Havering - Low population?
Less pressure on schools and hospital so higher quality of services
Less amenities such as pubs,restaurants and supermarkets so occupants have to drive to CBD - boring for young adults
Havering - Access to M25?
Easy access to CBD for commuters
Congestion at junction during rush hour
Access to Stan Airport
Havering - Low crime rate?
People feel safer at homes, children can play outside safely - better quality of life.
