Learning from social housing’s past

By Dominic Bradley 2025-12-05T08:51:00

Social housing’s almshouse roots and centuries of experience have much to teach today’s professionals and practice, says Dominic Bradley

Henry VIII was King when my organisation began providing homes for ‘women in the greatest want’ back in 1525. The country’s population was a mere 2.5 million, and Birmingham was just a small market town.

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