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By the late 1970s local authorities were the largest landlords in the country, accounting for 32 per cent of the United Kingdom housing stock in 1979, compared with 13 per cent in 1947 and less than 2 per cent in 1913.
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© 1981 Paul N. Balchin
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Balchin, P.N. (1981). Local Authority Housing. In: Housing Policy and Housing Needs. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16527-8_5
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