Chapter: Local spaces

Home as a shelter from storms

Sir David Bell, University of Sunderland Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Chair of Karbon Homes and former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education

From the Dickensian slums of the 19th century through to the contemporary cost-of-living and affordability crisis, housing has frequently been a matter of public and political concern and debate. I was born and raised in a Glasgow council house (‘socia …

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