Donnybrook Quarter by Peter Barber Architects in Bow, east London
(Picture: Morley von Sternberg)Could there be a more apposite time for A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates, by social housing historian John Boughton, to hit shelves?
In a week when we’ve seen the full horror of the conditions in which refugees are being detained in Kent, while private renters are grappling with a dizzyingly expensive and competitive market, a book that opens with a discussion of adequate housing as a human right touches a nerve.
