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19 septembre 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.pus.10304
- isbn: 9782868205513
- eisbn: 9791034404803
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histoire contemporaine vie agricole vie ouvrière histoire moderne Écosse history Scotland working conditions History HIS015000 HBJD1Sujets proches
Urban housing Homes Slum clearance Housing needs Housing--Social aspects Houses Affordable housing ResidencesCiter ce document
Christian Auer, « 118. Housing of Potato Diggers in Ayrshire, 1913 », Presses universitaires de Strasbourg, ID : 10.4000/books.pus.10304
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The report of the Royal Commission on the Housing of the Industrial Population of Scotland, Rural and Urban (1917) showed the difficult conditions in which many people had to live. Following the Commission’s report the government decided to launch a programme of reconstruction and slum clearance. Unfortunately due to the economic depression only 25,000 houses had been built by the early 1920s. Royal Commission on Housing in Scotland, 4 vols., 1917-1921, vol. 4, Appendices and Index, 1921, Evi...