Abstract
In Britain, the policy for private housing stock was changed from ‘clearance’ to ‘improvement’ in the 1970s. But it meant that housing stock would get old and need much maintenance cost. In this meaning, maintenance policy has become one of the most important housing policy since 1980s. In addition to this change, the Loca Government and Housing Act in 1989 introduced ‘means-tested’ renovation grant system under the Thatcher Government. It meant that the Government limit their responsibility to sustain minimum standards and to help those most in need. In other words, improvement and maintenance policy was incorporated into the broad national welfare policy in connection with the income support and housing benefit.
