Jonjam (post144) has it right! The change in recent post-war morals has seen a startling increase in family split-ups. This, coupled with the general increase in housing-stock,plus the ageingand outmoded,energy-ineficient prewar and earlier housing, lead one to the obvious conclusion.
The housebuilding-capacity of this country (land AND logistics-that is, labour and materials supply) is barely adequate to fulfill the need for replacement,let alone increased demand (singletons occupying accomodation once housing a whole family)
The cretinous politician who decided that tenants of low-rent Council -housing,should have the right toa purchase subsidised by the rest of the ratepaying population, has a lot to answer for....local authorities no longer build estates,to sell at a loss .
Incidentally, jonjam, the company is WIMPEY.....legend has it,far from being "whimps",-it was an acronym for We Import More Paddies Each Year.
Ah, for the golden years of the early 60's
