Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing

This is a narrative history of council housing from slums to the Grenfell Tower. It presents an alternative history of Britain and looks at how the state's duty to house its people decently became central to our politics. The book makes it clear why that legacy and its promise should be defended. The author shows how losing the dream of good housing has weakened our community and hurt its most vulnerable - as was seen most catastrophically in the fire at Grenfell Tower.

• Author: John Boughton
• Published by Verso Books
• Paperback, 336 pages
• Dimensions: 196x127mm