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11 results found for '"Social housing"' in Keywords.
George Tremlett on Novo Housing investigation (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with George Tremlett, GLC housing spokesman, following the Goodbye Longfellow Road television documentary. A supervisory team has been sent into the single homeless provider company Novo Housing...
Brian Hayes show (1977)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Talk show
Brian Hayes interviews Peter Shore, Environment Secretary, on his paper proposing the issues of housing should be shifted from central government to local government; devolution of housing; unsatisfactory...
Vietnamese refugees and Hong Kong (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Campaigner Elsie Elliott on the housing problems associated with Hong Kong’s influx of Vietnamese refugees. She claims that the Hong Kong Government is not responsible for Vietnamese refugees. Norman...
Roland Freeman on racial segregation in London (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Roland Freeman on plans for segregated Bengali housing in the Brick Lane area of London. Freeman claims that racial segregation would lead to ghettos and increase racial violence in the area....
Gladys Dimson on housing exclusively for Bengalis (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Gladys Dimson of the Greater London Council does not want to see exclusively Bengali housing areas in London. Dimson speaks after violence in the Brick Lane area. Male interviewer not identified.
Michael Heseltine on Right to Buy scheme (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Environment Secretary, Michael Heseltine on the Right To Buy scheme introduced by the Conservative Government through the Housing Act. The scheme will allow council tenants to buy their homes from local...
Jack Jones on his fight for better housing in south London (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Former trade union leader Jack Jones on his fight for improved housing conditions in South London. He says people are living in poor conditions in Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham, and wishes he could talk to...
Priority Estates Project (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker explains the Priority Estates Project, which helps local authorities deal with social problems on urban housing estates. Female interviewer not identified. Sound in mono.
History of Ronan Point tower block and safety worries (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the history of Ronan Point, a tower block in Newham, east London, which raised doubts about the safety of large panel system buildings after a section collapsed due to a gas explosion in 1968....
Failure to demolish Hackney tower block (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the failure to fully demolish one of the tower blocks on the Trowbridge Estate, Hackney which the GLC and Hackney Council are planning to replace with low rise traditional social housing. Includes...