From a Mere Sleeping Place to a Birth-Right: Trajectory of Housing Perspectives

Abstract

housing. The use of these words suggests the view of housing as an economic commodity (see: . 'Slum' was used to refer to the dwelling of the lowest members of society. By the mid-20th century, housing issues such as inadequate housing, unhealthy housing, and unaffordability of housing would become obvious occasioning governments' introduction of social and public housing in 1936 to house everyone including the poor (see: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Department of .