Housing Act

Question 1

when was the housing act?

Answer 1

1980

Question 2

what was the housing act of 1980 for?

Answer 2

housing act allowed council house tenants to buy the homes that they were renting

Question 3

defenders of the housing act argued

Answer 3

provided an incentive for poorer members of society who would have had no possibility of becoming property owners

Question 4

critics of the housing act argued

Answer 4

it undermined the principle of social housing + reduced the stock of available properties

Question 5

thatcher saw the right to purchase council homes as a flagship of her economic policies why?

Answer 5

it was seen as a further move towards the ideal of Britain as a property-owning democracy

Question 6

by 1985, how many tenants began to purchase the properties previously rented?

Answer 6

over 800,000

Question 7

what percent of the population by 1990 made up figure for home ownership?

Answer 7

66%

Question 8

66% of the population owning homes by 1980 was how much of an increase since 1981?

Answer 8

a 15% increase