In Scotland, where the traditional house form was (like other European countries) the tenement flat, housing has continued to develop in a different way from the rest of Britain. Since the First World War a higher proportion of public sector housing was built and a lower proportion of Scots have moved into owner occupation. This book has both a historical and a contemporary focus. It examines not only the development of Scottish housing throughout the twentieth century but also recent housing policy, particularly the situation since 1979 when the Thatcher government came to power.