What is Council house?
[[Image:Councilhousing01.jpg|thumb|Council houses at [[Hackenthorpe]] in [[South Yorkshire]].]] [[File:File-Carlton Towers (flats 1-49) prepared for demolition 002.jpg|thumb|right|Some developments have become run-down like these flats being demolished in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]].]] The '''council house''' is a form of [[public housing]] found in [[Ireland]] and the [[United Kingdom]], sometimes called '''social housing''' in modern times. Council houses were built and operated by local [[municipality|councils]] to help the local population. Council houses were built and operated by local [[Municipality|councils]]. The aim was to supply uncrowded, well-built [[Home|homes]] with lower [[Renting|rents]] to [[working-class]] people. Council house building began in the late in the [[1860s]] in [[London]] and [[Liverpool]]. The Housing of The Working Classes Act, 1890<ref>{{Cite web|last=Book (eISB)|first=electronic Irish Statute|title=electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)|url=https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1890/act/70/enacted/en/print|access-date=2023-07-14|website=www.irishstatutebook.ie|language=en}}</ref> gave local councils powers to buy land and build houses. The Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919 gave them money to pay for the building and powers to build outside their own areas..<ref>{{Cite web |date=1919 |title=Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1919/35/contents/enacted |access-date=27 July 2022 |website=legilslation.gov.uk}}</ref> Between 1919 and 1939, local councils built a total of 1.1 million homes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/towncountry/towns/overview/councilhousing/|title=Council housing|website=UK Parliament|language=en|access-date=2019-08-12}}</ref> It peaked in the mid-20th century.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hollow|first=Matthew|year=2011|title=Suburban Ideals on England's Interwar Council Estates|url=https://www.academia.edu/1593132|access-date=13 November 2014}}</ref> The Housing Act