Council Estate

Type: Location

As of November 2026, Council Estate has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Morbid | Podcast (Sep 2025). Describes the public-housing setting of the Hodgson duplex, reinforcing financial strain and close neighbor proximity relevant to witnesses.

A council house, corporation house or council flat is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council houses and other amenities like schools and shops. Construction took place mainly from 1919 to the 1980s, as a result of the Housing Act 1919. Though more council houses have been built since then, fewer have been built in recent years. Local design variations exist; however, all followed local authority building