Project Gutenberg 2025-04-11 Public domain in the USA. 193 Hill, Octavia 1838 1912 Gibbon, Gwilym, Sir 1874 1948 Gibbon, I. G. Gibbon, Ioan Gwilym, Sir Jeffery, M. M. Jeffrey, M. M. Neville, Edith House property & its management : $b Some papers on the methods of management introduced by Miss Octavia Hill and adapted to modern conditions $aUnited Kingdom :$bGeorge Allen & Unwin Ltd., $c1921. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "House property & its management : Some papers on the methods of management…" is a collection of essays and reports centered on the management of urban housing, specifically focusing on working-class properties. The book features writings by and about Miss Octavia Hill—a pioneering English social reformer—alongside contributions from contemporaries and reports on the adoption of her methods in the early 20th century. This work is best classified as a collection of professional and social reform papers, likely written and compiled in the early 20th century, with some pieces reaching back to the late 1800s. The primary topic of the book is effective, humane, and practical approaches to housing management, especially as they relate to improving the living conditions of the urban poor through skilled administration and personal involvement, with particular emphasis on the crucial role of women in such work. The book outlines the methods and principles of Octavia Hill's approach to housing management, which blend strict business practices with social sensitivity, personal contact with tenants, and community-building. It contrasts past and present housing conditions, recounts practical experiments in property management, and critically examines both “model dwellings” and small house arrangements. Key themes include the importance of thorough and responsible management (beyond mere rent collection), the benefits of empowering trained and empathetic women managers, and the necessity of considering both the social and technical sides of housing. The volume also gives accounts of the application of Hill’s methods in contexts like Amsterdam and on Crown estates in London, emphasizing tenant involvement, co-operation, and self-management where possible. Finally, it offers recommendations for training managers and calls for broader adoption of these socially conscious management strategies to prevent slums and achieve lasting improvements in urban living. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001342788 20240726131740hill 1921 GB Reading ease score: 49.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Working class -- England -- London Working class -- Dwellings Housing -- England -- London Landlord and tenant -- England -- London HD Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - British Category: Sociology 144192 2025-06-30T05:16:14.583559 text/html 118408 2025-04-11T21:02:39 text/html 374151 2025-06-30T05:16:18.942020 application/epub+zip 371984 2025-06-30T05:16:16.048044 application/epub+zip 186066 2025-06-30T05:16:15.249023 application/epub+zip 529521 2025-06-30T05:16:21.251995 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506879 2025-06-30T05:16:18.358030 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120952 2025-06-30T05:16:14.287012 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 100813 2025-04-11T21:02:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18347 2025-06-30T05:16:21.398989 application/rdf+xml 12065 2025-06-30T05:16:15.528000 image/jpeg 2125 2025-06-30T05:16:15.391002 image/jpeg 655807 2025-06-30T05:16:14.605044 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia