Housing Reforms and Disadvantaged Deprived

Housing reforms have disadvantaged
the most deprived critically discuss this
statement

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Analyse the origins and development of UK welfare provision highlighting significant
historical and contemporary landmarks in social welfare provision...........................................1
Evaluate the impact of social policy on various communities or social groups in the UK.........7
Compare and contrast major ideological perspectives relating to the operation of social policy.
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Critically analyse key contemporary issues for policy makers, welfare recipients, providers or
stakeholders.................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Social policy is defined as the policy into governmental or political settings like welfare
state as well as study of societal services. This incorporates of norms, regulations, principles,
legislation and practices which impact living situation conducive to welfare of human like
individuals quality of life. Moreover, this addresses how states as well as societies respond
towards international challenges of societal, economical and demographical changes and of
migration, poverty and internationalisation (Ade, 2020). The poor housing as the root cause of
deleterious residential environmental and, through implications known as housing reforms for
countering the threats which environment posed. The aim of this essay is to critically analyse the
statement, housing reforms that have disadvantaged the most deprived. The topics which are
going to be covered into essay are origins and development of UK welfare provision that
represents essential historical and contemporary landmarks into social welfare provisions.
Moreover, impact of social policy on various communities or social groups in the UK, major
ideological perspectives relating to the operation of social policy. Apart from this, key
contemporary issues for policy makers, welfare recipients etc. are also discussed in this essay.
MAIN BODY
Analyse the origins and development of UK welfare provision highlighting significant historical
and contemporary landmarks in social welfare provision.
Welfare provisions incorporates various services each facilitates a societal benefits. In
respect of Britain it has narrow meaning. Welfare state is that terms which renders advantages to
their society in to such areas as housing, unemployment, education, medical care and others
(Alexiadou, 2020). Along with this, the welfare state of United Kingdom started for evolving
into year 1900s as well as early 1910s and comprises expenses through respective country
government intended to develop employment, social security, education and health. Moreover,
this system have classified as system of liberal welfare state. Beside this, as the Beveridge report
of 1942, this has been determined as milestone into provision of welfare within United Kingdom;
this was not developed into a vacuum as well as has their roots into Poor laws so the reactions
against the abuses of workhouses, private charitable works as well as Liberal government
welfare reforms in year 1906 to 1014. After year 1942, some developments of UK welfare
provision are in 1944 Butler act were introduced which states that free education were provided
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to all. In year 1945, Victory for the labour party who opted Beveridge proposals as well as
proceeds for executing various social policies that became known as welfare state. Thereafter, in
year 1946, national insurance act was introduced. This is known to be the extended Liberal Act
of 1911that incorporate adults. Whole individuals of work group age has to pay board range o
advantages which includes allowance, benefits, unemployment benefits, retirement pension and
many others. In year 1948, Children act, this reformed that services available for deprived
children , combining existent regulation of childcare as well as developing department where
professional social workers practice would be formed. Respective act clarified that, it was
responsibility of local authorities for receiving into care any child who was without parents or
whose could not able to care for them due to any cause (Preece and et. al., 2020). In year 1959,
National insurance act, It introduced earning associated with pensions as well as contributions- a
key departure from Beveridge’s principle of flat price contribution as well as pensions.
Additionally, this scheme became effectual in year 1961.
Housing reforms
Coalition housing policy changes have whole further minimises the extent of United
Kingdom central government engagement into housing, the wobbly pillars of welfare state, as
well as few have decreased the contribution of extent through public sector in general. However
they has certainly impacted the capability of coalition both to attain their immediate housing
policy objectives for addressing structural problems, incorporating insufficient supply as well as
systematic risks (Boeing and et. al., 2020). Moreover, coalition have set few essential precedents
involving devolution into system of planning, setting housing association rents above traditional
“ social rent’ levels, considering development of social housing without public subsidy, lasting
security anticipation of tenure for council tenants as well as establishing housing advantages at
sub-cost levels, leaving tenants with deficit. Although there have been not any key changes into
homelessness policy, coalition modification have weakened the tow key housing components of
United Kingdom welfare state ‘safety net”, social housing as well as housing advantage,
transferring risk to person households as well as to few extent to social landlords.
In spends terms, assisting tenants into existent homes as well as its landlords via benefits
of housing, instead of supporting new house building, already dominated whole expenditures of
government upon housing when Coalition took authority. In contrast: whole other government
forms spending upon housing within United Kingdom were cut through 35% real terms in year
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