A third were renting from the council, almost one in three didn’t have central heating, over a million homes were declared unfit for human habitation. ibid.
Barbara Woodhouse was a dog-training dominatrix: Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way. ibid.
Margaret Thatcher’s … right-to-buy scheme gave Britain’s five million tenants a discount deal to buy their houses. ibid.
Arthur Negus Enjoys … Gardener’s World: still going strong today … ibid.
1982 Madhur Jaffrey … Ken Hom’s Chinese Cookery … Food & Drink … Keith Floyd: a complete departure from cookery programmes of the past … Floyd on France … ibid.
Richard Stillgoe [sic.]: Looking Good, Feeling Fit … Eamonn Holmes: Bazaar. ibid.
By the middle of the decade three million homes had a home computer. BBC2 crashed into the craze with the series Micro Live … ibid.
Another device that plugged into TVs: video cassette recorder: viz. Tomorrow’s World … By 1985 more households had VCRs than cars. ibid.
This was the era in which things got personal and emotional as a makeover takeover gripped Britain. And a creative tornado was unleashed. The Home that 2 Built s1e4: Nineties
Ikea advert: ‘Chuck out the chintz today’. ibid.
BBC: Changing Rooms … Ground Force … Home Front … The Naked Chef … Escape to the Country … ibid.
‘Property shows killed makeover shows.’ ibid. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Dorothy’s case exposed how aldermen had repeatedly refused to allow public housing to be built in white neighbourhoods. The Black American Fight for Freedom, BBC 2021
By 1992 the KLF were the hottest band on the planet. Then with the music world in their hands they vanished. Who Killed the KLF? Sky Documentaries 2022
Grand country houses, villas, sprang up all over southern Britain during the Romano-British era. Bettany Hughes, The Roman Invasion of Britain III: Dominion
I love clubbing. This is a Wednesday nighta called Dirty Burger. It’s predominantly childhood and tribal Eden transmission stella overdriver jam n spoon with a lot of hard hands and sloppy wonka thrown in on the overbeat – pretty mainstream, I suppose. Alexei Sayle’s Merry-Go-Round e5, BBC 1998
And we say to Mr Cutler and his band of brigands in County Hall that we are not paying a penny more now, tomorrow or never. Not a Penny on the Rents, tenant, 1968
Tenants’ action: September 22 to November 19 1968. ibid. caption
‘If there’s any chance of my husband and myself and the children going squatting again, we would be very grateful to go. Because they was the only people who had the decency to help us. The Camden council have not. Squatters, woman, short 17.09, 1970
‘The authorities cannot and will not solve the housing situation.’ ibid. man
The force of the law was used to aid property rackets. ibid.
‘These evictions by Council and Quatermain were absolutely and entirely illegal.’ ibid.
After the dust had settled, ten million Americans had been evicted or otherwise lost their homes in the years following the crash. America’s Looming Eviction Crisis, Youtube 11.29, Second Thought 2020
To make matters worse, the repossessed homes were then snapped up by wealthy individuals and corporations as investment properties. ibid.
According to current projections, of the 110 million Americans currently living in rental properties, at least 20% of them are facing eviction. ibid.
‘A staggering shortage of homes on the market right now.’ America’s Looming Housing Crisis, news, Youtube 14.03, Second Thought 2021
The US is on a collision course with another housing crisis. ibid.
‘Red Hot Housing Market: high demand, bidding wars strip some of homeowner dream.’ ibid. ABC News banner
The pace of housing production has slowed dramatically. ibid.
Entire generations of American no longer being able to afford single family homes; we have rapidly increasing rent prices to the point where an eviction crisis is very likely. ibid.
‘The whole of London is under siege. You gotta make money whatever way to can. It’s dangerous out here, bruv.’ Ed Stafford, 60 Days on the Estates, Channel 4 2023
A huge number of UK housing estates were built over fifty years ago designed as a bold new vision of how we would live. Around one in six households live in social homes today. But are these estates fit for life in the twenty-first century? ibid.
I’ll be living on Northumberland Park … built by Tottenham Council over a fifteen year period in the late fifties … Reports of gang-style street violence … These streets have a traumatic past. ibid.
A dozen or so food banks that have sprung up in the area. ibid.
Birmingham: An estate to the west of the city centre, Ladywood & Newtown. Over 11% of Birmingham’s population claims benefits, more than twice the national rate. Ed Stafford, 60 Days on the Estates II
Ladywood was built between 1950s and 1970s. It’s a mix of high and low rise buildings. Holds around a 1,000 homes. ibid.
Lady night in Hansworth there was a drive-by shooting at a funeral. ibid.
I want to check out an estate called Easterhouse around eight miles east of the city centre. But first I’m heading to Possilpark, a little closer to town, predominantly social housing that became an epicentre for heroin addiction in the ’80s. Ed Stafford, 60 Days on the Estates III: Easterhouse, Glasgow
Possilpark: Still ranked as one of the most deprived districts in the UK. ibid.
Easterhouse: Home to around 35,000 people. ibid.
From historic castles to stately homes, millionaire mansions to penthouse pads, Britain is home to some of the world’s most expensive houses. And the UK premium property market is booming with buyers. At UK Sotherby’s Realty brokers are under constant pressure to secure listings and get the sales. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s1e1, Channel 4 2021
Extraordinary properties which doing deals with the super-rich. ibid.
Harfood Manor £30 million, 23,500 sq feet, 6 bedrooms … ibid.
St Pancras Chambers £4.6 million apartment. ibid.
Plas Glynllifon 102 rooms 700 country park grade 1 mansion. Building began in 1836 … 3-storey mansion … six wine cellars and an orangery … ibid.
Neville Court, Abbey Road, £5.5 million apartment, 5 bedrooms … designer features throughout … A wraparound balcony … ibid.
Battersea Power Station art deco design luxury apartment. ibid.
In London the super-prime property market is booming … Bishop’s Ave, north London, millionaire’s row: Huxley House, 17 million … 8 bedroom house is spread across four luxury filled floors. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s1e2
Curzon Street, 4 bedrooms, £8.7 million apartment. ibid.
The Black House loft living £1.1 million 4 bedrooms. ibid.
Flamant Rose: 100 foot double-decked house-boat. ibid.
Langdale House £10.25 million, 6 bedrooms 5 bathrooms. ibid.
Ovington House £11 million, 4,700 square feet, 6 bedrooms. ibid.