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Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing
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  • Title: Affordable Housing
  • Duration: 02:01
  • Description: Local councils now take a less direct role in housing provision with some of the responsibility now being taken up by housing associations and private providers. Planning consent for housing developments in Scotland sometimes depends on the provision of affordable housing. Housing associations now accounts for nearly forty percent of public sector rented housing.
  • Subject: Citizenship   Topic: Community Diversity and Identity
  • Keywords: welfare state, council house, housing association, modern studies

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  • What other areas have seen a reduction in state involvement? Where does responsibility now lie and what effect has there been on accountability?

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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9

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