The Geography of Council House Sales in England — 1979-85

1 February 1987

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Urban Studies

Vol. 24 (1) , 47-59
https://doi.org/10.1080/00420988720080041

Abstract

Analyses of the social, economic and spatial consequences of council house sales have tended to rely on local case study evidence or limited official statistics at the national level. This paper seeks to provide more systematic evidence for England as a whole. Sales which were completed between 1979 and 1985 are mapped by local authority to indicate the uneven geography of the privatisation of council housing in England. Statistical analyses of key variables are then used to draw out some of the factors at work contributing to high and low levels of sales. One of the principle conclusions is that sale of council houses is leading to a greater unevenness in the national pattern of housing tenure.

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