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The documentary focuses on the neglect, demolition and regeneration of council estates in London, Glasgow and Nottingham, and examines the human cost of the housing crisis via interviews with residents, politicians and housing experts in the building industry and media.
Jun 8, 2017 · Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle is a feature documentary directed by Paul Sng (Sleaford Mods - Invisible Britain) and narrated by Maxine Peake, exploring the catastrophic failures that have led to a chronic shortage of social housing in Britain.
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- Documentary
- Paul Sng
- 2017-06-08
May 10, 2017 · Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle explores the agenda behind the neglect, demolition and regeneration of council estates in the U.K. over the past thirty years.
- 2 min
- 15.3K
- Velvet Joy Productions
Aug 25, 2017 · Dispossession, which premiered five days before the tragic Grenfell Tower fire, is now inevitably framed by the fall-out, unfolding investigation and the ideological overreach of 2016’s flawed Housing and Planning Act.
Rated: 3/5 Jun 19, 2017 Full Review Kate Muir Times (UK) In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, this new documentary about the parlous state of social housing in Britain takes on grim...
- Paul Sng
- Documentary
Britain's housing crisis is brought into acute focus in this urgent and impassioned documentary, narrated by Maxine Peake. Since the 1980 introduction of the Right-to-Buy scheme, the number of people living in council housing has dramatically declined in the UK.
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Feb 8, 2018 · Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle explores the agenda behind the neglect, demolition and regeneration of council estates in the U.K. over the past thirty years.
- 2 min
- Velvet Joy Productions
