When Well-off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor?

17th Century

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The correct option is C 19th Century
The poor sanitary conditions in one-room tenements posed a threat of epidemics. Moreover, such houses were also potential fire hazards. To keep the city safe from epidemics and fire, the well-off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the nineteenth century.

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