This was ground-breaking piece of legislation but many of the problems it set out to overcome have arguably come back to haunt us. What part can twenty first century councils play in providing good quality, affordable homes to rent to address today’s needs? George Clarke grew up on a council estate in Washington, Tyne and Wear and has a very personal experience of the positive impact of social housing and will be using his time at Housing 2019 to speak with people for his new Channel4 documentary ’100 years of British homes.’