Output of houses since 1919; state assistance; causes of public interference with house building; acute housing shortage; raised housing standard; English organization of subsidized building as compared with that in other European countries; particulars of English housing policy; the Housing acts, 1919-1930; the Housing acts, 1933 and 1935; the present situation; the two agencies of house building; local authorities as landlords; selection of tenants; differential renting; rents and rates; private building enterprise; rent restriction; the stock of old houses; the filtering-up process; repair and reconditioning; the Metropolitan Housing Corporation.