Studies on Housing Policies from the Perspective of Town Planning in Modern Britain

Abstract

Housing has been one of the most pressing problems during the urbanization process in modern Britain. This paper tried to interpret housing policies beyond the fields of politics and laws, and understand this issue with a new perspective of town planning. Through combing the changes of housing policies within the scope of town planning, and combining the relevant housing legislations and local authorities’ practice, this paper analyzed various features and effects of housing policies in public health, housing planning and comprehensive planning stages respectively. Housing polices have been deeply incorporated into town planning polices and evolved with the latter. Consequently, residents have gained not only sanitary and adequate houses, but also the improved urban environment. As town planning developed in depth and scope, housing policies even became an efficient method to evacuate the population in big cities and the important measure to optimalize spatial structure at the reginal level.