Dr John Boughton
social historian; author

John Boughton is a social historian. He has written two books, Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing (Verso, 2018) and, most recently, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates (RIBA Books, 2022). He is an honorary senior research fellow at the School of Architecture of the University of Liverpool.

Over the past 10 years, his blog at municipaldreams.wordpress.com has provided a record and history of council housing across the country.

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