Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946

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The Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 was a British Act of Parliament that provided large subsidies for the construction of council housing. This resulted in the completion of over 800,000 local authority houses by 1951.

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Capitalism and public policy in the UK by Tom Burden and Mike Campbell

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