Council house Essays

  • Mixed Economy Of Welfare System

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    tenure is a very important issue as it sets out the ground relationship between household and residence. In England, high income is associated with owner occupation which raises certain issues of what people in England actually really own – flats or houses? This essay will demonstrate and explore how the ‘mixed economy of welfare’ operates in the housing sector in England. The ‘mixed economy of welfare’ is a term used to describe the UK welfare system. It is made up of three sectors which work in partnership

  • Factors Influencing the Development of Social housing

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    Factors influencing development of Social housing and housing associations have been from time immemorial very contentious from as far back as 1945.They are combinations of unstoppable chain of events in the anal of housing history that have enhanced its development and likewise has effect on its turbulent past based on varieties of early traditions, class war, political policies and social changes in demography and population. It is full of impressive successes, sordid failures in missed opportunities

  • Housing Crisis in America

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    'experts' in claiming there was nothing amiss in the property market as national house prices were in the process of losing all touch with reality and Dublin house prices were exceeding even those of London. Remember how when it was pointed out that Ireland displayed all the hallmarks of an archetypal property bubble the lengths our leaders went to in order to assure us that we were different. The sharp rise in house prices, they told us, was not a reflection of a speculative bubble, as many suggested

  • The Welfare State in the United Kingdom

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    The Welfare State in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom is a Welfare State. In a Welfare State, the system of government enables the state to protect and promote the economic and social well-being of all its citizens. The basic objectives of a Welfare State is to foment the principles of equality of opportunity, non-discriminatory access to the wealth of the state and the state responsibility towards those members of the society who are unable to care for themselves or attain a minimum standard

  • Social Housing Case Study

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    The ‘attack’ on social housing by Thatcher’s Government came from their belief that council and social housing was an unnecessary burden on the economy of the United Kingdom, ‘for the Conservative Government, council housing represented all that was profligate in public spending, an egregious intervention in the market, and featherbedding of the undeserving’ (Ravetz, p200, 2001). Thatcher introduced

  • One of the Most Deprived Areas in Scotland

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    Good regeneration is also created from a long term vision with a plan that takes into account functions of local neighbourhoods and integrates them with wider economic strategies. A regeneration strategy to succeed should be able to link worklessness and training opportunities to deliver sustainable employment to local residents, as well as physical regeneration of the environment. It is useful to consider Ferguslie Park, a small housing estate in Paisley built as a series of projects between 1926

  • The Housing White Paper

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    affordable houses in England. • The Housing White Paper was issued on the 7th of February 2017 and was also introduced to the “House of Commons” by the Government and the secretary of the state on the same day of issue. • “Fixing Our Broken Housing Market” was titled to The Housing White Paper as it aims to explore out a broad variety of transformation in the government plans, which introduces the reorganization of the housing market and increase in the supply of new affordable houses. • The Government

  • The Importance of a Sound Mind and Body in Homer's Odyssey

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    a sound mind. In an attempt to stand his ground, in front of the council he breaks down into tears. Antinoos says "Telemachos you are a boaster, and you don't know how to keep your temper!"{page 24}. Telemachos made an attempt to express his valid point of view, and does so, but fails to convince the council. He breaks down in tears, showing how immature he really is. He does not have a sound mind. The council basked in this weakness and was even more critical of him at that

  • The Problems Created by the Doctrine of Judicial Precedent

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    Judicial Precedent and will attempt to find solutions to them. Whereas, English Law has formed over some 900 years it was not until the middle of the 19th Century that the modern Doctrine was ‘reaffirmed’. London Tramways Co. Ltd V London County Council (1898). Law is open to interpretation, all decisions made since the birth of the English Legal System, have had some form of impact whether it is beneficial or not The term ‘Judicial Precedent’ has at least two meanings, one of which is the

  • Sea Defences at Minehead and Their Effectiveness

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    £21 million. Picture 3 However for a new wall to replace the damaged one the problem was down to who would be responsible for its 'upkeep'. This meant that for the new wall to built the Environment Agency, West Somerset Council, Butlins and Somerset County Council had to agree to employ engineering teams and landscape architects come to Minehead to build the wall which would cost millions of pounds. But before the sea front had a revamp, calculations of the size of the project, would show

  • Should Women be Ordained in the Pentecostal Churches?

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    ordination. Case Study The Council of Christian Communities of an African Approach in Europe cosponsored an African Christian Diaspora Conference with Humbolt University, Berlin, Germany, Rostock University, Rostock, Germany, and University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. On September 11-15, 2003, the conference was held in Berlin, Germany. The theme was “The Berlin-Congo Conference 1884-The Partition of Africa and Implications for Christian Mission Today.” The council invited me to present on the

  • My Grandfather Was My Role Model

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    My grandfather was my role model because he would always help others. He was a doctor, and he would treat patients, even if they could not pay him. It did not matter to him. All that mattered was that he was able to help someone. He was put into the hospital, and he was in need of blood. A stranger donated blood for him. Thanks to that stranger, he was able to live for a few more days. Those days were the most meaningful days of my life. Because of this incidence, I started volunteering at the

  • Secrets Found in Gimli by Diane Alexander

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    characters, which narrates while dialogue. Alexander narrates the entire first paragraph, and her point of view in that piece is trusted, because she narrates the historical fact. The second paragraph though is from the point of view of the members of council, who is a character of the story and is also trusted. The member expressed his feelings, which should...

  • Resource Allocation: An Economic Problem

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    Background The issue, which I have chosen to investigate, is the allocation of resources, which are primarily money, by a local authority, namely the City of Westminster Council. The reason why this allocation of resources has become an economic problem is because money is a finite resource, so therefore there is scarcity and the council have to make choices as to how to allocate the resources they have been given. This type of resource allocation is different to that faced by a private company as they

  • ontemporary Thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aguinas

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    known as direct democracy. This class was further divided into three councils : Assembly of Ecclesia, Council of 500, and the Council of 50. The largest council was the Assembly of Ecclesia, which was a body of all male citizens over the age of twenty. The Council of 500 consisted of 500 members, chosen from lottery and election from the Assembly of Ecclesia. The Council of 50 was made up of 50 members chosen from the Council of 500. The second class of people in the city-states was the Metics.

  • Free Essays - Anthem

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    that this tree was the tree of knowledge and to eat of it would give them knowledge equal to God’s.  In Anthem, Prometheus and Gaea are told that they have everything that they will ever need or desire by the council.  They are forbidden to gain knowledge that is not permitted by the council but only to do as they are told.  Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the pursuit of knowledge and ate of the tree in order to gain equality to God.  When they did this God found out and so condemned them and punished

  • Anthem

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    philosophy that the society believed in. He figured that since the council wouldn't appreciate his work, he would rather show his invention to the scholars. When the World Council of Scholars arrives in his city, he will present to them, as his gift, the "glass box with the power of the sky." One night while Equality 7-2521 was working on an experiment in his tunnel, he totally lost track of time. He rushed out, and then the council questioned him on why was he late. Equality 7-2521 refused to answer

  • Maori Land Issues

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    Minister of Native Affairs, passed a notable piece of legislation: a Maori Land Administration Act which set up a Council which was based on Carroll^s ^taihoa^ (wait and see) delaying policies. In the Council, Maori owners were in majority, to administer the lease of Maori land. The Council leased but sold very little land and this caused settler discontent and in 1905, the Council were replaced by a European dominated Boards. By the end of the Liberal^s time in office in 1912, a further

  • Pouliuli by Albert Wendt

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    tasks. Pilis’ tasks were to eat a mountain of fish which the giant’s had caught that day, to race the giants down a river, and make himself disappear. Faleasas’ tasks were to destroy Filemoni, Make Moaula the new leader, and remove Sau and Vaelupa as council leader. Of course they couldn’t have done these tasks alone so both of them enlisted help from friends. Pili enlisted the help of Tausamitele, Lelemalosi, and Pouliuli. Faleasa enlisted the help of his long time friend Laaumatua and his son Moaula

  • Role of the IOC and the Council of Europe in anti-doping policy.

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    Role of the IOC and the Council of Europe in anti-doping policy. Anti-Doping policy has altered from concerning a small group of governing bodies and countries to a large global affair in the last 40 years. This has encouraged development of series of international agreements, development of series of international agreements, the establishment of new global forums (World Anti-Doping Agency) and the commitment of many millions of dollars of public and government body funding. Up to the late 80s