New Communities in Britain—Achievements and Problems

Britain?Achievements and Problems. By J. H. Nicholson. (Report sponsored by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust and the National Council of Social Service and published by the N.C.S.S.) This report attempts to review the social consequences of rehousing policies in the country as a whole and covers not only the new towns, but also selected housing estates and expanded towns. Dr. Nicholson found many common problems: loneliness, imbalance of age structure, feelings of rootlessness, hire purchase difficulties. Naturally, some of these problems were less where the new estate was