Housing and the Market

Synopsis: Three case studies filmed in Vancouver, Cracow, and Birmingham. The theme of the programme is housing. In Cracow it looks at the problems of providing accommodation for the huge expansion in the urban population consequent on post war socialist plans. In Vancouver, it examines the influence the pricing structure of the housing market may have on social segregation and on the character of communities. Looks at the Small Heath district in Birmingham and examines its social change in the light of a decline in quality of an aged housing stock, the ‘white flight’ of some residents to more suburban housing and the problems faced by an incoming Asian community in providing themselves with an adequate urban environment.
Series: Urban Change and Conflict, Course D202
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1987
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: Canada; housing; Poland

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