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    Identify and explain two significant developments resulting from the welfare state. The NHS came around in July 5, 1948. The Health Minister Aneurin (also known as Nye) Bevan purely nationalised the existing system across the UK. The groundbreaking change was to make all services freely available to everyone. Half of Scotland’s landmass was already covered by a state-funded health system serving the entire community and directly run from Edinburgh. Additionally, the war years had seen a state-funded

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    industry. Not only was the economy able to deal with the blow of the loss of steel, but also the culture and quality of life was able to improve when things looked bleak. Evidence of this is visible in the innovative building use, use of public land, and public amenities. In the time after WWII, there were negative changes as well including community loss and resident relocation and some previous problems that persisted through that reinvention. Pittsburgh experienced three major renaissance periods

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    America Needs Affordable Housing Essay

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    Needs Affordable Housing It is often easy to castigate large cities or third world countries as failures in the field of affordable housing, yet the crisis, like an invisible cancer, manifests itself in many forms, plaguing both urban and suburban areas. Reformers have wrestled passionately with the issue for centuries, revealing the severity of the situation in an attempt for change, while politicians have only responded with band aid solutions. Unfortunately, the housing crisis easily fades

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    The Legacy Of East Hill

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    Community Windshield Paper I. Community Core The history of East Hill is authentic old established homes and businesses throughout the narrow, shaded, quiet streets. One of the main historical landmarks is a build called Sacred Heart Hospital, which is now known as the ‘Old Sacred Heart’, “Pensacola Hospital, now known as the historic Sacred Heart Hospital, opened in September 1915 as the first and oldest Catholic hospital in Florida. The Daughters of Charity, a religious order dating back to 1633

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    In 1979 under Thatcher 's reign, the conservative government published its housing bill promising with it the Right to buy. A popular demand at the time as people living in social houses aspired to finally own their home. At the time a blessing, however 30 years later we find that the bill promised the current generation housing at a discounted price. however, only at the expense of the next. The bill forbade local authorities from replacing the council houses sold in the right to buy system. Due

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    2: Modest Houses for First-time buyers" "Alternative 3: International Example of Social Housing" "Alternative 4: Mortgage for Low Income Families" "Alternative 5: Funding for Maori Housing" CRITERIA "Criterion 1: Economic Feasibility" Very Strong: no changes in cost Moderate: Could minimize the cost if supplements are held back Weak: high travel costs and consent fees Strong: bring the overall housing budget in long-term Weak: costly to implement unless private sector involved "Criterion 2:

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    The National Land Use Act: A Case for the Housing Sector At the closing of the 15th Congress, the National Land Use Act (NLUA) bill or SB 3091 reached second reading in the Senate before being stalled by a contention on the Maintenance and Operating Expenses and a request to study the bill anew. The current form of the bill is sponsored by Senators Escudero, Marcos Jr., Drilon, Honasan II, Cayetano, Estrada, and Legarda (Senate of the Philippines 2013, 94). It was not included in the agenda of the

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    Abolish Child Labor

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    children was cut in half. The issue was successfully put to rest by a major contributor, Mary Harris Jones. As far as the public eye goes this problem is not an issue in the US anymore. Tenement Housing: The city was forced to intervene on crowding more than one family in a small space because of a number of logistical errors, water, transportation. and diseases by adding public water wells and better means of transportation. This Problem was not extremely successful , people were still crowded and

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    Is3350 Unit 4

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    In 2000 the housing unit density for all of Mercer County was just over 74 houses per square mile. The city of Sharon has the highest housing density in the entire county with almost 1,997 unites per square mile. Considering this ratio there are more apartments and people renting rather than owning their own homes to save space. The Northern Tier Area has the lowest density with just 22 houses per square mile so there are no apartments just houses (Housing pg. 41-42). There are a total of 49,859

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    Extended Essay on Economics

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    Investigation Question To what extent do the Singapore Government’s policies on housing and immigration, help to increase the demand of the private property sector in the housing market. Abstract The research question of this Economics Extended Essay is, “To what extent does the Singapore Government’s policies on housing and immigration, help to increase the demand of the private property sector in the housing market.” For this investigation I used a variety of gathered raw data and policies

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