21.07.1999 [guardian] - "I heard they were giving away houses," said a middle-aged man outside the row of terraced houses in south London. "Is it true? I might pop down to the council later and get one." It was not altogether untrue. After all, Timothy Ellis, a jobless 38-year-old, had just joined the property-owning classes by taking possession of the £200,000 Victorian terraced house in which (...) (...)council later and get one." It was not altogether untrue. After all, Timothy Ellis, a jobless 38-year-old, had just joined the
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