Publisher's Synopsis
Council housing in Nottingham is an essential part of the city's history and identity. The slums of the nineteenth century laid the foundations for the surge of construction activity in the twentieth. Between the wars, Nottingham was recognised as one of the largest and fastest builders of council housing in the country, with huge garden city estates pushing at the city boundaries. In Nottingham, council housing is popular; it is widely recognised as something that has improved the lives of countless people.