Ebook88 pages1 hour
Homes of the London Poor: An Inspiring Autobiographical Account by a 19th-Century Social Reformer
By Octavia Hill
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
"Homes of the London Poor" is both a personal recollection and a social study by Octavia Hill. When Hill began her work, the model dwelling movement had been in existence for twenty years, royal and select committees had sat to examine the problems of urban well-being, and the first of many tranches of legislation aimed at improving working class housing had been passed. From Hill's point of view these had all failed the poorest members of the working class, the unskilled labourers. She found that their landlords routinely ignored their obligations towards their tenants, and that the tenants were too ignorant and oppressed to better themselves. She tried to find new homes for her charges, but there was a severe shortage of available property, and Hill decided that her only solution was to become a landlord herself. In consequence of her diligent work and prudent management, by 1874 she had 15 housing schemes with around 3,000 tenants. Hill's system was based on closely managing not only the buildings but the tenants. She maintained close personal contact with all her tenants, and was strongly opposed to impersonal bureaucratic organizations and to governmental intervention in housing.
Read more from Octavia Hill
Open Spaces: With the Excerpt 'The Open Space Movement' by Charles Edmund Maurice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife of Octavia Hill as Told in Her Letters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHomes of the London Poor (Autobiographical Account): An Inspiring Autobiographical Account by a 19th-Century Social Reformer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHomes of the London Poor Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOur Common Land (and Other Short Essays) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHomes of the London Poor Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Homes of the London Poor
Related ebooks
Far from the Madding Crowd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A House Through Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJane Welsh Carlyle and Her Victorian World: A Story of Love, Work, Marriage, and Friendship Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDark Hollow Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Breakfast and Supper Dishes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLoveday Brooke, Lady Detective Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Things Between Us: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Trials of the King of Hampshire: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blood and Silver Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDispensing Beauty in New York & Beyond: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Harriet Hubbard Ayer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInterpreting the Death of Edward VI: The Brief Life and Mysterious Demise of the Last Tudor King Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStruggle and Suffrage in Southend-on-Sea: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Weird & Wonderful Story of Gin: From the 17th Century to the Present Day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fortune Hunter: A German Prince in Regency England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLucy Gets Her Life Back (Single Moms, Second Chances Series, Book 2) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Paradise, Passion, Murder: 10 Tales of Mystery from Hawaii Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rowntrees: The Early History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsComing of Age: Constructing and Controlling Youth in Munich, 1942-1973 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow The Poor Live, Horrible London Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFire Is Your Water: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fever Bark Tree: The Pageant of Quinine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOut from the Harbour: Outport Life Before Resettlement Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5English Eccentrics and Eccentricities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsField, Fork, Fashion: Bullock 374 and a Designer’s Journey to Find a Future for Leather Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOf Marsupials and Men Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It's Gone Dark Over Bill's Mother's Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrapped Behind Enemy Lines: Accounts of British Soldiers and Their Protectors in the Great War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Sparrow Alone Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInnocents Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Poverty & Homelessness For You
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Injustice, Inc.: How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhy the Homeless Have No Chance: The Dismantling of Success Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Brother's Name Is Kenny Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The People of the Abyss Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Man in the Dog Park: Coming Up Close to Homelessness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn Class Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFar From Home: Stories of the homeless and the search for the heart's true home Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProfit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Evicted: by Matthew Desmond - Poverty and Profit in the American City - A Comprehensive Summary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShow Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Economic Dependency Trap: Breaking Free to Self-Reliance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Trapped in America's Safety Net: One Family's Struggle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5$2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5NO LONGER HOMELESS: How the Ex-Homeless Get and Stay off the Street Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5So Rich, So Poor: Why It's so Hard to End Poverty in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Homes of the London Poor
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Homes of the London Poor - Octavia Hill
_!c book_preview_excerpt.html uY[
q'H3A`U"$[,";N$KV5źs}WyzOߚݷ?<6yo^ߛՓ&g|Cqd<^ln~:ܹd^̋/ozit&[
.n|8es<\"Rͼ#
>Nbl0D5y$楘m(w6L猇e#
I.qyqجLeKqՊ͈6
o=s?/f5b]0f϶P)/c\ڜ|~N(Mc`E4Fg2n=zK/ ʦ3%e2CQD9`)Gs)4qYb*[6)mCw=)-\V#bW|o9!P9+0\{Fm7a