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The role of the municipal council of Paris in the social housing policy development in France 1880-1914

  • Korean Review of French History
  • Abbr : KRFH
  • 2004, (10), pp.5~5
  • Publisher : KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

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ABSTRACT

The social housing policy in France began with the legislation of the HBM law in 1894, and the orientation of the policy was established with some revisions to related laws by the First World War. The purpose of this essay is to investigate the role of the municipal council of Paris in the process of social housing policy making and in the development of the policy in France at the turn of 20th century. In Paris a housing crisis broke out in 1882, and the municipal council of Paris discussed a lot of programs to solve the crisis, but there were no concrete results. Radical republicans and municipal socialists both suggested lots of housing reform programs to the municipal council. Leading the discussion on the housing problem, these two parties contributed to spreading the perception that public intervention in the market system was required to solve the housing problem. In 1894, the HBM law gave public support and control to the HBM building society. In 1906, the HBM law granted the municipality the right to participate indirectly in the construction of social housing and it consolidated the sanitation condition with social housing polices. In addition, the law granted it the right to take part directly in the building of social housing in 1912. The power of the municipality to manage social housing policy was expanded by the revision of the law which in also included the central government. The municipal council of Paris, which applied pressure on policy decision, participated in the building of social housing indirectly or directly under the new legislation. At the turn of 20th century, the social housing policy of France was formed and it established a pragmatic and productive relationship between the central government of France and the local municipality of Paris.

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