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How do you explain the popularity of the different types of
dwelling in Britain? Are the same types popular in your coun-
try? How many houses were built by the private / public sec-
tors? What are current trends for home decoration and fur-
nishings?
WARM UP
Factfile
Housing
1.1
Read the factfile and
complete it with the figures
given below:
150,000 195,000
7% 66% 72%
£62,000
1.2
Work with a partner.
Check your answers
with the factfile in the
Answer Key.
Which facts about hous-
ing in Britain are simi-
lar to facts in your
country?
Which facts are differ-
ent?
Which facts do you find
interesting?
1
In 1990, ……………. houses were built by the private sector
(commercial builders), and approximately a quarter of this fig-
ure, (47,000), by the public sector (local government housing
authorities).
2
Shelter, a charity which looks after the homeless, estimates that
more than ………………. people under the age of 25 are home-
less for at least a short period in any given year.
Between 1971 and 1999, the proportion of people who owned
their own homes rose from 50% to ……………….., a rise of
16%. This is the highest percentage in Europe.
3
There are now more than 15 million owner-occupied homes in
Great Britain.
Owner-occupiers are entitled to tax relief on mortgages of up to
£30,000.
The average value of a three-bedroomed house in Britain in
1992 was …………………, but in large areas of the south-east
such properties are worth at least twice that price.
4
If an owner-occupier fails to keep up his/her mortgage repay-
ments, the building society may take possession of his/her
house. In 1991, 75,400 houses were repossessed by building so-
cieties. This was a massive increase of ………………… over
1990.
5
The proportion of privately-rented accommodation declined
from over 50% in 1951 to just over ………………….in 1999. 
                                UNIT I. HOUSING

                                How do you explain the popularity of the different types of
                                dwelling in Britain? Are the same types popular in your coun-
                                try? How many houses were built by the private / public sec-
                                tors? What are current trends for home decoration and fur-
                                nishings?


                                            WARM UP

1.1    Read the factfile and           Factfile                Housing
complete it with the figures
given below:                           1
                                       In 1990, ……………. houses were built by the private sector
   ƒ   150,000        195,000          (commercial builders), and approximately a quarter of this fig-
   ƒ   7%      66%       72%           ure, (47,000), by the public sector (local government housing
                                       authorities).
   ƒ   £62,000
                                       2
                                       Shelter, a charity which looks after the homeless, estimates that
                                       more than ………………. people under the age of 25 are home-
                                       less for at least a short period in any given year.
1.2 Work with a partner.               Between 1971 and 1999, the proportion of people who owned
                                       their own homes rose from 50% to ……………….., a rise of
   ƒ   Check      your   answers       16%. This is the highest percentage in Europe.
       with the factfile in the
                                       3
       Answer Key.                     There are now more than 15 million owner-occupied homes in
                                       Great Britain.
   ƒ   Which facts about hous-         Owner-occupiers are entitled to tax relief on mortgages of up to
       ing in Britain are simi-        £30,000.
                                       The average value of a three-bedroomed house in Britain in
       lar to facts in your            1992 was …………………, but in large areas of the south-east
                                       such properties are worth at least twice that price.
       country?
   ƒ   Which facts are differ-         4
                                       If an owner-occupier fails to keep up his/her mortgage repay-
       ent?                            ments, the building society may take possession of his/her
                                       house. In 1991, 75,400 houses were repossessed by building so-
   ƒ   Which facts do you find
                                       cieties. This was a massive increase of ………………… over
       interesting?                    1990.

                                       5
                                       The proportion of privately-rented accommodation declined
                                       from over 50% in 1951 to just over ………………….in 1999.


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