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Homes of the London Poor (Paperback)
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Homes of the London Poor (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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Octavia Hill (1838 1912) is today best remembered as one of the
founders of the National Trust. However, her involvement in
education and social reform, and particularly housing, was a large
part of her work. Shocked at the poverty and overcrowding she found
in London slums, she began to acquire and improve properties which
would restore the tenants' dignity and self-respect. She organised
a team of volunteer 'district visitors' to help the residents, and
especially children, to achieve a better quality of life, including
recreational amenities. These articles, dating from 1866 to 1875,
show the development of her thinking on how to achieve reforms by a
mixture of legislation and charity. As the number of properties and
helpers grew considerably, she argued that the personal involvement
of volunteers achieved more than a larger bureaucracy could. Her
work, which was internationally recognised, led to the development
of housing associations.
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