ATTITUDES TO THE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSEHOLDS IN BATLEY, LEEDS AND YORK

There is now an Increased awareness of the problems which arise in rehousing families in the process of redeveloping cities and towns. Techniques such as cost-benefit analysis are widely recommended as a means of deciding on the criteria of redevelopment. Nevertheless, the subjects of the redevelopment, the people (who are one of the fundamental reasons for adopting a cost-benefit approach), still tend to be ignored in the planning process. Many local authorities adopt an attitude which is best described as paternalistic towards their tenants and prospective tenants. Decisions on how to rehouse, where to rehouse, whether to rehouse whole streets o