Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council housing or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011, when the number of households in private rental housing
Public housing on Kingswood Estate built by the London County Council in the post-war period
Modern public houses in Loddiswell
The Almshouse at Sherborne, Dorset
Corporation Buildings, Farringdon Road in 1865
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A council house, corporation house or council flat is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council houses and othe
Public housing in the United Kingdom
…housing surpassed the number in social housing. Dwellings built for public or social housing use are built by or for local authorities and known as council houses. Since the 1980s, non-profit housing associations (HA) became more important and subsequently the term "social housing" became widely used — as…
Semi-detached council house in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire
A mixture of council and ex-council housing (through Right to Buy scheme) in Hurlford, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Grade II listed Phoenix prefabs in Wake Green Road, Birmingham
1950s semi-detached PRC houses in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire